Biku's Bookshelf: Poetry by Kim-chan<title> </head> <BODY bgcolor=#000000> <table width=100% border=0> <tr><td width=205></td> <td> <table align=right width=100% cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0 border=0> <tr><td colspan=2><a name="crow"><br><font size="+1">A Crow Morning</font><HR color=#0088ff width=100%> Darkness lifts from a forest,<br> A misty dew falls down.<br> A single bird awake from its rest,<br> Swooping above now. <br> <br> Screeching an echoing cry,<br> The bird takes its lonesome flight,<br> Flying in the dawning sky,<br> Wings spread out like the night.<br> <br> Dark feathers shimmer in the awakening sun,<br> Dark eyes glisten in the sky,<br> A morning flight not yet done,<br> Another echoing cry. <br> <br> For as the crow flies,<br> The earth awakes,<br> Opening it's eyes,<br> Another day awaits. <br> <br> A flying shadow,<br> A coal black blur,<br> Flying out over a meadow,<br> Only a bird. <br> <br> <a name="rain"> <br> <font size="+1">Rain</font><HR color=#0088ff width=100%> I look to the sky, eyes closed; I let it all in.<br> The rain hits my face, a familiar, comforting sting.<br> Darkness is swallowing me, but I am not afraid.<br> I will come back here someday, surrounded by peace.<br> I can already feel the sunshine on my face. I can already feel myself slipping.<br> I am <i>not</i> afraid.<br> <br> </td></tr></table> </body> </html>