落葉踏む時間の重さ思ひつつ　　　関　朱門

ochiba fumu jikan no omosa omoitsutsu

            I step on fallen leaves

            thinking about the weight

            of time

                                                Shumon Seki

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo