Evening falls -
I help my father
get on his feet

Cloudless -
just a crow
to a branch

How tender
the rain starts -
winter night

Retrieved
in the white camellias -
the garden's snow

Fireplace -

our conversation

softly crackles

Full moon

on the ice

so light

No response -

slowly the snow

starts to fall

Rain gently tapping

against the bedroom windows -

countless awakenings