tama-dana ni kanarazu kaze no fuku to iu
on the ancestors’ altar
without fail
a lucky wind blows
© Issa
Light flickers
My father’s hands my son’s
memory’s smile
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tears cover the trail
father steps into shadow
son clears the path
The Carpe Diem prompt is Ancestors. Without our ancestors who / what would we be but a jumble of DNA. Instead we have the privilege we carry on where our ancestors left off.