Sketch of life

the mist of time seals away the chance of love bedridden illness feathered acrobatics bare wisteria branches goldcrest entertains bright trumpet flowers in a musty sickroom rays of hope dashed

My haiku are based on the sentiment in those written by Masaoka Shiki, a modern haiku writer who died at the age of 35 in 1902. He struggled with his health and was bedridden and housebound for most of his life. Hence his sadness at never having been given much of a chance to find love. Looking back on his short life, his later haiku express great sadness, bordering on despair.

Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem