近すぎて自分が見えぬ秋の暮　　　岡本　眸

chikasugite jibun ga mienu aki no kure

            too close

            to see myself

            autumn dusk

                                                Hitomi Okamoto

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