Suzanne Hayasaki Poems

I am no leader.
I am no teacher.
I speak for myself.
I tutor no one else.
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When I pick up a pencil to sketch,
Language fades away
Taking with it time and place
And I am left with myself.
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'Where do I go from here? '
I queried the sky.
'Close your eyes, '
Came the reply.
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Build me a melody
On the backbone of a baseline.
Give me a rhythm
To remind me how to rhyme.
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Glide through the everglades with me
Slip between the cypress trees
Sit silently and listen
To the song of the frogs
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A tiger rests on the Buddha's head
Lulled into sleep by the human's peace.
Both lost in meditation.
One on eternity.
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I have no patience for ambition.
I have no energy for jealousy.
I have no desire to compare
My beauty, my status, my wit
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I am as still as the wind.
I am as silent as cacophony.
I am as ordered as chaos.
I am as wise as time.
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Never look a concept in the face.
It will shimmer and glint,
It will show you its most glamorous facets
But its mysteries will remain hidden.
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Time cuts like a dull knife
Reopening old wounds
Reminding me how often
I have sat in this very chair
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