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Click hereZatoichi Monogatari
(A tribute to Blind Fury)
"You are like a candle,
as you melt,
you illuminate the world."
Lost his sight when he was two years old,
when his minds eye thinks of his mother,
She is always young, even now that she is gone.
"A falling leaf does not hate the wind."
Fumbling blind fingers reach
for a beautiful sound
an egg is found,
as a bird, away flutters.
"Mother bird come back,
you forgot you young."
Ichi san kept it warm till the hatching was done.
In a little hatch basket it lived,
surrogate mother Ichi provided.
"Perhaps a falling leaf does hate the wind?"
In 6 seconds, six men will fall,
if their swords are drawn on Zatoichi san.
"A Samurai and his sword are the same."
A humble blind mans walking cane,
cloaks a Dragons talon.
"A small fish caught up in the current."
Bathed in blood so many times,
He wishes to know red.
How do you describe such a color?
To a man who has never seen the setting sun
Or a red maple leaf?
Drip drip drip drip
Ichi san smiles,
listening to the waters song.
(The infamous blind Samurai wandered the countryside of Japan in the early 1800s. The immortal 'Star' died in 1992. Zatoichis' natural charm, wit and quick sword won the hearts of many in a series of 26 Japanese movies, in the 1960s)
I'm at a loss for words, and I am awe of your words. So many wonderful images and sounds that come close to duplicating the song of water. Damn this one's good.
Tremendous effort with a beautiful end result. What a gift
after all that's what a good read is? A gift we read one word at a time.
Tremendous effort with a beautiful end result. What a gift
after all that's what a good read is? A gift we read one word at a time.
the lines in quotations are by zatoichi-san in case your confused about what a tribute is, this is sections or a small description of the movies, the blind Samurai~
the lines with out quotation marks are my description of scenes, I WANT to high light what is mentioned at the bottom of the poem, about the star and the year of the movies, oldie but goody, if you ever get a chance to watch this japanese made movie (yes words are typed in american at the bottom <grin>)I recommend them.
said the blind man to the deaf man, Art you continue to amaze me, of course with this one you had a little help, you know how I love Ichi san.
Nin:)