Respect

Respect
through short poems
opens up a new vista
from the past
to the future

Nandina

Sunlight brightened
Nandina.
I stood
looking over it
at quiet time

When the flowers are in bloom
leaves of Nandina
vary from red to green,
it's a fresh sign,
early summer has come

Under the fine winter sky
vivid red Nandina
sank into my heart
beside it was
snow-white frost