Arrival In Nara

As she submarines

The rope loops round her feeble feet

Before the dawn

Breaks on her sorry grasp

In a blink and in one motion

Rope constricts

Rips her towards the ocean

She never finds her bearings

Sucking splash into her lungs

Though I cannot see

I can hear her smile as she sings

And though I cannot see

I can hear her smile as she sings