our days seem numbered

the fragrant past seems brighter

my rusted brain seems too lost

 

𝘪’𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶

𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴

𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳

 

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the mourning dove coos

i see swarming shadows mock

my love! Will our story end?

 

𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸

𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦

𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦! 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥

 

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You’re my forever,

in this life ephemeral

was ‘always’ an illusion?

 

𝘰𝘩! 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵

𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴

𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴

 

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𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝟯 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙠𝙖.

 

𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 : 𝙎𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙠𝙖

A sedoka is a form of Japanese poetry that consists of six lines. It follows a syllable pattern of 5-7-7 in the first stanza, and 5-7-7 in the second stanza.

Here are the sedoka guidelines:

Two three-line stanzas

Five syllables in the first line and seven syllables in the second and third stanzas

First stanza is a question by one lover

Second stanza is an answer by the other

So it’s traditionally a love poem.