Snail Within A Spiral
Snail Within A Spiral
A snail walks on glass twigs.
he sees a tiny rainbow appear
inside the glass;
It is five millimeters high.
He casually watches the colors
of the spectrum separate
inside the transparent tube.
In a whirlpool he has
no backbone inside his shell,
spiraling;
hiding in his labyrinth--
he goes into brightness;
then he goes into darkness.
At the door, a ringing starts in his ear;
It continues for several seconds.
A clear snail rises into the sky;
he hides his antennae behind
the clouds
powdery fingers scatter
ashes on the mid-morning,
where the snail begins to sleep.
(c)Rinzo Shimizu (R. H. Peat has supported the translation of this poem
into English) This poem has written originally in Japanese.
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