Mankai
against lips like cherry blossoms,
words blooming miraculous color
as the world beholds one of the greatest seasons,
soft as petals slowly senescing,
blessing a bit of color to the barren ground
and to the empty coy pond
where they stir small ripples but are drowned,
"Keep quiet" they say to her.
"Your lips were meant for other things,"
they say too her,
Her pale cheeks blush,
She turns, inaudible,
and begins to cause small earthquakes with each touch
of her foot to the gravel, and on she treads
across the miles and miles and miles
of stripped trees.
This Poems Story
Mankai translating to \"full bloom\" in Japanese is a divine spectacle of the Japanese cherry blossom season that is world renound. For good reason many people travel to Japan specifically during this time of year to experience the omnipotent mosaic of pink, and white flowers decorating the trees and the land. I wanted to encapsulate this idea of beauty and feminism through the poem, and using mankai was the perfect metaphor. The essence of the poem is the sad reality many women face in modern society, a voice hushed by outsiders. An expectation for women to be beautiful but silent, like the cherry blossoms. The poem is meant to bring aware but also empower women that may feel they have no voice. Words are not the only voice one can have.
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