evening sea fog
descending into sun-dried grass
sweaty lovers
So long ago, my dearest
But like it was yesterday
You sent me away
Across the silent starfield
Told me to forget
Many lifetimes come and go
But you never left my heart
Jane & Cie
Notes:
I can't help myself. I go where the muse takes me.
The simple explanation is as follows:
The initial Hokku stanza was created by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The remaining stanzas were written by me. And if that's all the more you need to know, thanks for stopping by!
However, if you are feeling brave or bored and want to follow me down a rabbit hole...
The remaining stanzas were written in the voice of Serab, one of the incarnations of the male protagonist in my current longest-running WIP, Fetch, which was created at the end of 2014.
Serab was a small, elf-like humanoid whose people had been all but wiped out by the brutal ruling class of West Zecor. He was a thief who had suffered many losses in a life which he often questioned the purpose of.
Although Serab was extremely agile and clever, one day he became careless and was captured by the sadistic King Qweh and his merry band of thugs. Fortunately for Serab, Qweh thought it would be an extremely funny joke to present the diminutive thief to his sister, Princess Ondina, as a replacement for her bodyguard, whom Qweh had slain the previous night in a fit of drunken rage.
To Qweh's dismay, Ondina did not have the hoped-for reaction of dismay to Qweh's little joke. She accepted Serab as her bodyguard and assistant, stating that he looked to be capable of anything he might set his mind to.
This was the start of the powerful though ultimately tragic undying love between Serab and Ondina.
This is a wistful tan renga.
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