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Alone

My friend, Walter Sasaki’s passing touched me profoundly. He, and his wife Joyce, stood at my side closely through tempest and turmoil and I will never forget Walter’s loyalty. Walter is one of the first to have sparked in me my interest in Haiku – the now-Englishized version of the ancient Japanese poetic art form.

ALONE

What are your thoughts

Alone

How is life to be lived

Alone

Time passes us all by

Alone

Houses full of loved ones yet

Alone

Youthful dreams escaped

Alone

Years fighting wars

Alone

More years finding glories

Alone

Soaring to heights unknown

Alone

Falling back to earth

Alone

Am I meant to exist

Alone

Your grace brings home

I am truly not

Alone

Written on December 30, 2019 for Joyce Sasaki after Walter’s passing.

Published in Charles Benninghoff Poety

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