This poem is dedicated to okai-san (aka mother)
What's business is business
It is unchangeable
Through my hardened my mind
It aches at the pain sometimes
As the seasons change
So do I
Fall is to become cautious
Winter is to be harsh and foreboding
Spring is to keep focused
Summer is to increase stamina
These are the lessons that keep me going
Experience cannot come without suffering
Just as the bear cub cannot survive
Without being from his mother
Money brings more security
In the things that last
Once I was one of these women
Who hid a world of pain
Behind shimmering eyes
But years have passed
And I can release that pain
That rage
That sadness
That burns within in a geisha's eyes