Red and White Meditation
by KC
Disclaimer: I do not own the ninja turtles.
Summary: Leonardo duels someone on Christmas Eve, described in a series of haiku
on a skyscraper
ignoring the drifting snow
as the
duel begins
New York winter frost
ice blowing across the
skin
the katana's edge
two clans, two fighters
the paper
lantern moonlight
catches flashing steel
dripping red
petals
cut camellia blossom
sinking in soft snow
red
calligraphy
turns to ice on white paper
a silent
farewell
satisfying cold
solitude follows him down
shroud
of loneliness
home, family, friends,
red lights on a white
pine tree
with friends but alone
warmth does not reach
him
candles reflect in his eyes
flames trapped within ice
end
note: camellia, a winter flower, falls all at once, not petal by petal. Haiku poets likened it to a head being severed by a samurai sword -- from The Classic Tradition of Haiku: an anthology from Dover