Hinotama

The ball of light that bounced above the concentration camp

held   in its patience

the memory of the unusual flower

the Japanese man was reaching for

when he was shot

was born to breathe, to breathe to give life

to breathe to give life to

friendship

blood root apparition

The Japanese man had sensitivity

and must have thought    in that desolation

that he had been struck by a heart

in the air before him, around him

a light, tonic mist    the feeling of wind

watching over him

Spring