
It will be time
when the time is right.
Smell the blossom
It will be time
when the time is right.
Smell the blossom
a rose flowering,
and there is blood on my hand;
I will not touch it
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across the rose fields
autumn birds are gathering –
petals flop to ground
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a soft westerly
drys the line of dancing sheets –
rose petals tumble
Perfect lotus blooms
when she is ready to show —
now our time is ripe
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