Dead leaves tanka

1/
listen to goodbyes
as dead leaves off the branches
and i hear you weep
for the waves leaving the shore
or the words you cannot keep?


2/
when it was the rain
fell on the plain where
lambs are grassing
writing a poetry 'bout love
more about drifting clouds


3/
pray for rain
you whisper as we walk
across the plain
october breeze hisses
the echo from desolate moor