Weekly Waka

Each week at The Reiki Dojo in New York, we use a waka inspired by those of the Meiji Emperor of Japan to enhance our meditations, so we've decided to share them with you. We'll be publishing the Weekly Waka every Tuesday on our web site. Here's this week's waka, written by Michael Dagley, with an illustration:

Frail cherry blossoms
Reflect in still spring water,
Their blushes doubled,
Before, petal by petal,
They descend to the surface.