悴みのはじまりとなる手中の鍵　　　青本瑞季

kajikai no hajimari to naru shuchû no kagi

            beginning

            of numbness with cold

            the key inside my palm

                                                            Mizuki Aomoto

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), July 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo