Haiku #19: Hydrangea

When I came up with the hydrangea subject, it was the peak of hydrangea season. Now, the hydrangeas are fading, but I still saw a shrub of them behind an apartment building, where the sun barely shines.

Hydrangea

鮮やかさ

萎めて墨が

焼き付ける

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Azayakasa

Shibomete sumi ga

Yakitsukeru

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The vividness fades

as the ink stains into a

memory of you

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