My 5-7-5: Winter 09

Snow, deep red, reflects
my past. Healing thanks to the
sword of the stranger.

A very special
bond, soaked in new feelings.
I will never dry.

The clear sky made no
difference when looking past
the pale horizon.

Pupils build and swell
while gray clouds slip westward
in the eastern sky.

An unrequited
memory: the rabbit fell
in love with the ox.

In snow: How many
footsteps does it take before
the first disappears?

New moon gives new light.
The breaking of barriers:
Ending of Lone Wolf.

Wisdom's encumbered,
as a chill breeze blows down the
rugged mountain side.

Snow falls quickly on
a slow beating chest; the heart,
waiting for shelter.

The glimpse of your warm
breath in the cool night sky spins
passion deep within.

The tree outside my
window taps harder now, than
in lazy summer.

Yakusoku

       I have never kept a promise to myself. No New Years resolutions touched or conquered, no birthday wishes fulfilled or have come true. Well, both New Years and my birthday are coming up quickly and I will make sure there will never be a similar past remembered from this day forward.
       I feel that I can respect myself enough to call myself an adult, and in doing so, I have many responsibilities to dominate and trials to overcome. This is a fair trade for the life I want.
       Growing up I always worried about what others were doing or what they might think of me and I never focused on what was inside. Recent revelations relieved me of this habit and now I look to myself to find out what I have in store for my own life.
       I am making the leap. I want to live my life the way I want it. I am asking a lot from myself, but my reward is phenomenal. So, here it goes, the things I want in the next ten years (in no particular order):

See RADWIMPS live.
I want to speak and understand Japanese.
I want to move to Japan for two years.
I want one starry night with my unrequited love.
Graduate from UC Riverside.
I want a male Boston Terrier and name him Mugen.
See Dave Matthews live.
Enter a poetry contest.
Save a life.
Find and enjoy my career job.
Dance on top of a skyscraper.
Take my mother on a trip.
Get in shape/fit.
Host a party by myself.
Visit Philadelphia and New York City.
Wield a sword.
Hang glide over a vast spring meadow.
Play hide and seek.
Have one full blown magical karaoke night.
See inside of a volcano.
Write a short story and have it published.
Cliff dive into the Pacific Ocean.
Give a speech to a medium sized crowd.
Formally apologize to my father.
Spend one night in a forest.
Successfully radiate womanhood.
Have a happy conversation with a complete stranger.
Extinguish my social anxiety.
Calm my warring heart.
Got to Akihabara (biggest Anime/Manga convention in the world!)

I wish myself luck.