Yamato, Kimberly Rhyne

Yamato

by Kimberly Rhyne

watch the blossoms bloom capture moments in a scene fore they disappear

caterpillar grows into delicate maiden spreading silky wings

warm us, bathed in gold sun sinks down behind the peaks goddess, bless your sons

jikan to ningen (time and humans) ga subarashikute hen (are wonderful and strange) zentai-tekina, (overall,) chikyuu no inochi ga (the earth’s life is) hakanakute kirei (fleeting and beautiful.) Amaterasu bless your people on the ground send your holy light

fly, my daughter, fly be not trapped by spider’s web seek out winged love

soft, pink petals float gently to the busy streets trampled underfoot