Vaccum's killing void

Vacuum's killing void;
Where no word is ever heard;
All directions: space.

Shelterless facade

Shelterless facade;

Walking into emptiness

Life loses color.

Dying in the sun

Dying in the sun;
The shame of unholy wounds;
Goodbye, friend nature.

Before man and time

Before man and time
Is nature's infinity.
Water dripping life.

Train tracks running free

Train tracks running free;
Freedom to live, or to die;
Iron rails in sun.

My guilty conscience

My guilty conscience
Watches the innocent dance;
Hoping for rebirth.

Battlefield dead rot

Battlefield dead rot;
Madman declares: "Man is war!"
Cold wind blows within.

Hidden rock untouched

Hidden rock untouched;
Has it value to the world?
Walker passes by.

Emptiness abounds

Emptiness abounds;
Tumbleweeds litter my soul;
Ghost dog wanders cold

Moonbeams pierce night's clouds

Moonbeams pierce night's clouds;
Countless shelters dot the land;
Old man hides naked.

Identity smashed

Identity smashed;
Who am I? How should I act?
Much gnashing of teeth.

Bunker Man hides well

Bunker Man hides well,
Lobbing grenades at the world.
Never coming out.

A simple man's hut

A simple man's hut
Watches warlords' castles burn.
A fortress of peace.

Touching of two souls

Touching of two souls;
Tenderness lost in the wind;
Broken heart remains.

Rainy night's dream mist

Rainy night's dream mist;
Breathing life in sorrow's world;
Serenity's hope.

Smiling and Dying

Smiling and Dying;
Screaming deep inside the well;
Feel no human touch.

Nobunaga lives!

I am Oda Nobunaga. Who the hell are you?

Where were you ever king of a country?

When did you advance the age of your times?

A ruler by virtue, a ruler by skill.

No force from without could defeat me.

So I was defeated from within.

The tortured power of living by the sword.

Had I surrendered, I would have won.

A home for my pride

A home for my pride;
Your darkened hearts followed me;
Nobunaga's fire.

Angels from on high

Angels from on high;
Watch the slaughtering of man;
Not understanding why.

Warlord's sword drips blood

Warlord's sword drips blood;
His private hell made public;
NO one says a word.

Autumn's leaf blows lost

Autumn's leaf blows lost;
Through a forest and darkly.
Was it ever here?

Through my bloodied eyes

Through my bloodied eyes
I've seen both your life and death.
Don't lie to me now.

A Tale of two towns

In a tale of two cities, one was of criminals and the other saints. Each elected a shogun as their leader.

A reality show called "Shogun Swap" invited the two cities to swap each shogun for the other.

Both shoguns were killed by citizens who wished to keep the character of their burb intact.

The moral? In the end, it's not the leaders that count, but the people as a whole.

Love your neighbor if you want harmony in the world. If not, then no leader nor law nor sword can make it so. Wakarimasu ka?
(Let it be known this is in accordance with the Zatoichi Principle)

My empty facade

My empty facade;
Sisyphus laughs at my load;
Invisible tears.

I've never held hands

I've never held hands;
Does no one see my demise?
Can no one save me?

A lifelong horror

A lifelong horror;
What sent me down this dark road?
No place to call home.

Of things politic

I'm a real liberal. Real liberals don't vote.

Yet the reality is we vote every day with our hearts. Even in the time of the military dictatorship of the Japanese shogunate, the will of the people was always a concern.

In modern times, Stalin - who killed an estimated 30 million in paranoid rampages - was a slave to a carefully crafted public image. "Daddy Stalin" was so effective that oftentimes appeals were sent to him by his unknowing victims.

A man who refuses love will have himself for an enemy. And then he has brought war to the world.

One man's war can become a nation's, and then the world's.

Such is the self-loathing world where a man's power is measured by the number of men willing to commit murder for him.

Kanji Characters

Kanji Characters
Flowing freely from my brush;
Flowers in prison.

Heroes and cowards

Heroes and cowards,
Scarred by tears of battles that
Rape the souls of men.

Autumn colors change

Autumn colors change;
Nature's cycles bring forth life;
My life standing still.

Imagine me dead

Imagine me dead;
Worms crawl through my eye sockets;
What of my life then?