~Sea of Trees~ by ~Minja~ Weight of his words caused a hurricane in the sea of passion, disaster of chorea and denial that all this might end in the way we don't want. His lips didn't move in the right direction and attempts of his words to go back to the same station from where they would catch up the first train for tomorrow fell into impossibility. The clock ticked midnight when private demons came out of burrow and one after another started to win parts of property where you couldn't find not even one reason for existence. And, as his lips moved in the rhythm of my deaf mind, one word has prevailed the silence and triggered a wave in sea of trees from where escape seems impossible. _________________________________ Line Count 20. "Shadows and Light Poetry Contest" Round 28. Aokigahara (青木ヶ原?), also known as the Suicide Forest or Sea of Trees (樹海 Jukai?), is a 35-square-kilometre (14 sq mi) forest that lies at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. The forest contains a number of rocky, icy caverns, a few of which are popular tourist destinations. Aokigahara forest is dense, shutting out all but the natural sounds of the forest itself. The forest has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, and it is a notoriously common suicide site (in which 57 took place in 2010); for this reason, a sign at the head of the main trail urges suicidal visitors to think of their families and contact a suicide prevention association. |