They write each other / haiku and billet-doux

[thewolfeinwillowell]

An astronaut and a samurai fall in love.
They write each other
haiku and billet-doux
via time capsule.

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED he says THEY HAVE TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS
OF OUR FOOTPRINTS IN THE DUST
have you seen the moon she has stopped at my window
to sniff the cherry blossom
WE MUST KEEP THE RUSSIANS AT BAY
the shogun would have us ride against the ronin
WE MUST BEAT THEM
AT THIS MAD GAME THEY FIRST BEGAN
i don’t know
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
do you hear the taiko drums
HOLD ON LET ME RAISE THE ANTENNA
what is antenna?
if you listen hard you will hear my breath
LIKE AN ARECIBO TRANSMISSION like divine wind
INSIDE THERE IS OXYGEN
yes beyond there are knives and chaos
and under our armor
I WILL BELIEVE we have the same skin

From "kami/kaze : a correspondence," Ng Yi-Sheng