White kimono, <br />flowing outwards like, <br />purifying light- <br /> <br />I sit with my knife, <br />cold as a glacier. <br /> <br />Death, death, death, <br />Noble seppuku, <br />no heaven shall await- <br /> <br />I sit with my honor, <br />falling away like a cherry blossom. <br /> <br />Falling away, <br />I have lost it in the end, <br />gone away like the ghosts- <br /> <br />I am a lost lion, <br />fighting in death. <br /> <br />Ghost-songs, <br />Hell in a hand basket, <br />I have gained abyss- <br /> <br />Blood on my hands, <br />I wish to return.<br /><br />Nicholas Peter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/japanese-death-poem/
