Mt.Hiei

​

From their room above the trees

she woke and watched

the sky change

from vermilion to pink,

turquoise to cornflower blue.

 

Far below, Lake Biwa

touches the feet of the forest,

treetops sway - a strange sea.

Oh, to dive into the depths, 

sleep in the crook of a bough.

 

Beside her, he was unaware

she had moved.