Origins - a tanka sequence
Origins my shadow darkens in the land of exile... an empty memory trapped without an origin blinded by the land lengthening the day’s jubilee, my eyes germinate blood-red plums the day ends; its translucent walls shelter my shadow… my thighs spread to declare the surrender of men my sisters form an unassailable barrier... fields possessed by the secrets of budding seeds dear sisters: you are made of a fabric that resists the wooing of time… toughened in firm silence listen to the crackle of fire... the breasts of women detach like recently baked bread