Suzanne Hayasaki Poems

I choose to be human.
I choose to hope.
I choose to despair.
I choose to rage.
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There may be no God.
There may be no absolute rights or wrongs.
There may be no life after death.
There may be no final end.
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I'm waiting for the waiting to end,
Trying to convince my heart
To listen to my head, which says:
This is a gate.
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My son has left for Tokyo.
I'm all alone again.
Left to sit and brood at home.
An empty-nested hen.
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So this is it?
This is what lays before me?
For all my remaining days
In this heartless hearth
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I do not love you like my favorite food.
Or like a beautiful view.
I do not love you for your attraction or your value.
I do not love you for your worth.
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Sit with me in quiet harmony.
Sing to me in that haunting tone.
Convey your intensity to me
Through your plaintive melodies.
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(A reply to Aging As Ascent by Glen Kappy)

I too am climbing
At my own pace
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Tiny violet flowers
Peak out from beneath
Round green leaves
In a sunken pond.
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In a dream within a dream
I stood alone on a beach.
As I looked up at the night sky,
The full moon unhinged itself and took flight.
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