Haiku:
湖面ゆれ
(Komen yure) – Rippling lake below
白鳥すべる
(Hakuchō suberu) – A swan glides in silence
蒼のなか
(Ao no naka) – Through endless blue

Poem:
A swan glides through the blue,
followed by others in quiet formation.
Their feathers barely stir the lake’s surface.
Mount Fuji stands tall above,
its reflection perfectly mirrored below,
a diamond of snow and shadow
cut into still water.
In this silence, the world holds its breath,
wrapped in the gentle beauty of stillness.

Near the shore, a girl in kimono watches
the water’s quiet dance, the swans drifting past
like thoughts too soft to speak.
Her presence, light and subtle,
blends with the calm,
where grace unfolds without words,
and truth seems to live more deeply
in the reflection
than in the mountain itself.