Perfumed departures

This week's theme was a little less obvious but still apparent.

Nainai's quadruplet of 4 lines of 7 words
- Ching refers to the cruelest emperor in China's history
- She also references a song written by "some good and faithful person in some dynasty" (mom quote) that says 'From antiquity til now, no one has not died. I would rather leave (as a legacy) my pure heart to illuminate history.'

Condolences for Tian An Men Incident
Innocent hot blood shed at Heavenly Peace
Ladder climbers lazy incompetent but cruel violent
Bright smart young ones got devastatingly murdered
Followers rising up stem tidal wave destruction 

Hard working diligent study-ers so innocent pure
Kids appealing to corrupt officials seeking freedom
Nobody expected their Ching-like aggressive power
How many Pa Ma blood tears wept

Since antiquity good faithful always savagely sentenced
Dead ones left good name illuminate history
Years later come here remember this day
Touch headstones tears shed a mourning memorial

Righteous souls faithful brave ascend sky hall 
Forfeit need to suffer in this world
Heaven's gates open welcome those faithful trustworthy
Sweet smells thousand years will leave fragrance 


Gonggong's 8 lines of 7 words
- red powder symbolizes a young woman, in reference to make up
- blue robe symbolizes a man, because in ancient times men wore long blue robes
- Waitan is a location just outside Shanghai
- Di Qing is my grandmother

Once more across the East Sea, early morning at Huangpu river
In Shanghai, I got engaged to Di Qing. Because I needed to finish my studies in business school, I had to return to Japan. Before I departed, I wrote this poem to describe how I felt at that time.

Over Huangpu river the morning mist hovers
Sadness distracts heart from doing tasks moving
Red powder's fragrance a cloud that lingers
Blue robe's departing tears water long flow
One shoulder carries luggage thousand waves wakes
Ten-thousand spots sparkle glint two white gulls
At Waitan fear to turn look back
My lovely lady there in high rise

There weren't many tall buildings in Shanghai, but the bank where Di Qing worked was the tallest building then.