A Woman on the Road

 
the butterfly
behind, before, behind
a woman on the road


a white chrysanthemum--
how strange to see it
bloom in the sun


does it sense
anything that steals by?
snow on the bamboo


the first winter shower--
a gust passes
without getting wet


do they flower
dreaming of a spring night?
blossoms out of season


the harvest moon--
there too is a bird
that seeks the dark


a door left open
yet nobody is home--
peach blossoms in bloom

                                    --Makota Ueda
                                       Far Beyond the Field

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