after breast surgery
we struggle for words
to fill the silence
she says they’ll never sag
as I see cut roses in a vase
Bright Stars, II, 2014
One Man's Maple Moon: Welcoming Warmth Tanka by Thelma Mariano
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*English Original*
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mari...