Haiku Inspired by Benzaiten, The Goddess of Flow

 

Sanpo michi

Mirai shiranai

Kisetsu dake

 

Walking road

Future unknown

Only the season

 

 

 

Aki Kiita

Natsu no tomo ni

Ai ni iku

 

I heard Autumn

Summer's friends

Go to meet

 

 

Shizen no iro

Midori owatte

Aka ni naru

 

Nature's colour

Green ends

Becomes red

 

 

Fune ga nai

kokoro wa tonde

Saa Matou

 

No boat

The heart flies

Well, wait

 

 

The final picture was taken looking across Lake Biwa from the beautiful island of Chikubushima, an island dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten. She is a goddess of flow, through her I am aligning with the element of water, these poems are a dedication to her.

 

 

The other pictures were taken at Bunka Zone, a beautiful park land with an excellent art gallery at it's centre. Through my friend Naomi I recently learnt about the works of one of the founding fathers of manga, Osamu Tezuka . She told me about an exhibition of his works and I was lucky enough to go on the last day.  Naomi had taught me about his work "Buddha", at the exhibition I found some of these pictures both moving and inspiring. On leaving I was inspired to take photos and after editing them at home, some of the images inspired me to write these haiku. Finally the flow took me back to Naomi, who helped me brush my Japanese. Arigatou Naomi.

 

 

 

Water, Water, Heaven's Daughter, Teach me the Lesson of Flowing.

 

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