There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro in CONVERSATIONS WITH KAZUO ISHIGURO
Snow crystals on a trembling leaf,
along the river where we talked at
the tip of Spring; fresh air, moist
lavender sky--the silence following
a blessed rain that came, bringing
us to beauty; a tiny wild flower
under the shadows of a moss-covered
log; as if to say, I am the first smile,
the new beginning of heaven.