I shut the door from condolences and keep the night between us Intimate air is what I long to share with you at your last stop to paradise You are all washed and cleaned I slip on your favourite kimono the one embroidered with superb starlings and stain my lips in cherry red It is so peaceful and quiet I hear every crackle of the fire and the candle cries all my tears to give you light My last love note to you is written in Shuji on royal blue Ryoshi and is sealed with a cherry kiss My love I send you ahead of me on your way to our sweet home This transient place this moment we share tonight will be surrendered to God in the morning My name will be erased from your heart and yours will be hung with the blue silk tie around my neck
Writer’s notes: This piece of writing is inspired by a ghost story I read in a Japanese literature, source unknown.