How the years have flown from childhood to young adult to old age…the dreams pursued seem distant now…the tears, the yearning. Love and accomplishments were once castles to attain and defend.
Someday, someone else will open this desk drawer.
abandoned
rattling with the paper clips
five tarnished keys
.
.
©️2019 Ontheland
Another haibun inspired by an episode of Basho‘s Narrow Road to the Interior. The following quote is from Day 11 of Frank Tassone’s November with Basho series:
The ancient ruins of Yasuhira–from the end of the Golden Era–lie out beyond the Koromo Barrier, where they stood guard against the Ainu people. The faithful elite remained bound to the castle–for all their valor, reduced to ordinary grass…
We sat a while, our hats for seat, seeing it all through tears.
summer grasses:
all that remains of great soldiers’
imperial dreams
Basho, “Narrow Road to the Interior” translated by Sam Hamill
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Fabulous 😎 😎
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Poignant and true, Janice. Having recently cleaned out what was left behind from another’s life, I can’t help but think about what will remain of my own. (K)
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You are really in Basho,s footsteps with this haibun Janice.
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Thank you, Denis.
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