slow-release chatoyant energy poems

In passing

Saw you in that crowd
Oh! Lightning bolt, your face lit
Alone for seconds
We split in separate halves
On our ruptured ways to where?

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Week # 12

This week you are tasked to write a poem in the following form:

TANKA

Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku
with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)

You may write your poem on the topic of your choice.

Second Place Round 78 Oriental Poetry Contest