12/26/2006

Dried to the bone

  








dried to the bone
your former beauty
still lingers








for my mother, who died much too young






Amida Buddha -
you smile at life
you smile at death




tulip petals
falling one by one -
a mother's death




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3 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Very touching, GABI
love, K.

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Thank you so much !
GABI

Anonymous said...

this cyber space of yours is a revelation

Isa
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/17639

Anonymous said...

This is quite lovely, Gabi.

Richard Kay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/17642