Bonsai of Thought: Fifteen

1. My whole life
filled with light,
so I died in shadows!

2. Keeping promises
to the one I loved,
I lost love itself!

3. Even from a garden of roses,
excess water
flows to the drain—
so why do you nurture
the excess pain of your life,
hoping for what?

4. Why did I speak then,
when the mistake was mine?
Why didn't I speak then,
when the mistake could have been corrected?

5. Even today I see
you seek that same freedom!
Then tell me why
you've grown up!?

6. If you truly knew God,
you wouldn't go around
teaching everyone about God like that.

7. I have lost you—
a far greater sorrow than this:
what you wanted,
I couldn't give.

8. Let the world survive.
My world is finished;
what more can I do by surviving!

9. Often,
life heals
the wounds of separation.
Sometimes,
separation heals
the wounds of life.

10. I will not call you,
nor write letters.

Your laughter,
my tears,
a long life,
penance for sins.

11. Staying true to my own tune,
I lost you,
and now I
live by your tune!

12. Falling in love
takes no intelligence.
Once in love,
no intelligence remains.

13. Why are you so angry
with my two eyes?
Even to turn my eyes away
from you
I need these eyes!

14. It's not that
you asked me to wait.
It's not that
you made any promise.
Yet I cannot survive
without waiting.

15. How many days it's been
since sorrow made me cry!
How many days it's been
since I tried to win you back!

16. Today is tomorrow's preview!
Is that so? Then why did this happen to me today?

17. A beginning can never dictate the end.
Only the end declares the beginning!

18. Not all stories live in words,
not even in eyes.
Some stories exist only in anguish.

19. I'm not saying
my child is without fault.
I'm only saying
even leaving aside my child's faults,
we can still discuss your child.

20. I don't keep such calculations in my head,
nor harbor any desires in my heart—
I keep only love.