A river runs through me -
the river of life -
with its twists and its turns,
its banks out of sight.
(early morning mist
scatters dregs of the night -
O! the unbidden tears!)

Flotsam and jetsam
of years pass me by
i swirl in a whirlpool
float in the sky.
(the azure blue heat-haze sky
of childhood all gone by)

Down in the depths,
murky and drear,
i listen to my heartbeats
taste the  fear.
(swim against the current -
in a tangle of weed -
stop in a hurry -
Is that all that we'll need?

Floating along at our bull-rush ease
i stare quietly at the sun,
as i begin to bleed.

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* Seppuku (Japanese: 切腹, "cutting [the] belly") , sometimes referred to as harakiri (腹切り, "abdomen/belly cutting", a native Japanese kun reading) , is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment