Lilac kimono

He wraps her in the sorrow

Plain and lasting like the silk

And grief is spread beneath her

Dried and silent like a desert.

2

He spared her once from death,

He was a cruel savior.

And tears full of regret

Stream down the pallid face.

3

Farther than the horizon,

He seeks his own belief.

So far and without her

In ever roaming thoughts.

4

She was a barren flower

On his untrodden path.

Admired for a moment

And simply cast aside.