Tigers and dragons
Crouching low
Hiding away
Coursing the flow

A blossoming
A stone’s throw
Souls encountering
After such a long haul

Ember skin
Magnetic power
Who can hide
From their desire ?

Where does it all lead ?
Falling away from the rim
Into the stream   
I am thrown.

22.08.2021

Doan (Yamada Yorikiyo), Japanese
Tiger and Dragon, ink on paper, around 1560
The Minneapolis Institute of Art