Empty Nest Among Ivy Leaves

Beyond, Alight The persimmon branch stretches as if to cover the sky beyond the wall, and the morning passes beneath its shade. The sky shows through the ivy leaves, and in the gap an empty nest sways.

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Alongside

It was an afternoon when the persimmon tree's shadow outside the window moved across the table. When I turned my head, a single ivy leaf was flipping in the wind.

Breeze

A small mirror by the window was holding the sky. Inside it, ivy shadows rippled faintly.

Ridgeline

In the morning light, ivy shadows spread across the window frame. I remember that time when a small bird flew over the roof through the gap. An empty branch nodded once in the wind.

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