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Written by brown belt's for their black belt test.
| Birth | Life | Death |
| See the
parent hold a miracle in safe arms. a new mind to teach |
What is the
meaning? So many have asked before. Mysteries await |
Only silence
heard. With a mute voice and last breath, I exist no more. |
| At the beginning, A newly budding willow, Ready for Life's road. | The winding path leads, The Bushi travels onward, Learning is his way. | Facing my last test, Still bending like the willow, My battle is won. |
| .Warm inside the womb, Like an acorn in the soil, Break free to the light | Wrong answer in class, Actions and consequences, Learn from our mistakes | Grass doesn't know winter, One day a fish stops swimming, Be strong till the end |
| A new life is born The parents gaze with pride as their dreams come to life | Child springs to boy, boy falls to man. Man into friend, husband, father, god. | The final step. The end of all? The autumn start of new? No one knows. |
| A bloom in the fall, A father on Charles street Handing out cigars |
Shooting for the best In everything I do is Harder than it looks. |
One last chance to love, "Goodbye" is never goodbye. Finally, time to rest. |
| the first drop of rain the river begins to flow a new life swirling |
rain falls and wind blows the river swells and rages lightning guides the sight |
the wind falls quiet river and rain are silent all is as it was |
| Failed Tai-Otoshi Decreased movement preceeds pain, Such is Ju-Jitsu |
Sadness, tears falling like rain he cries out as death delays my throat chokes with grief |