The Samurai’s Arc

A samurai strikes
from the pivot point
of death-intent,
that puse
where stillness and motion
become one.

His blade arcs
not from rage,
but from resolve,
a will honed
to the fine edge
of his own end.

He does not seek to kill,
but to stand
at the peace
waring against war
where death shall swerve
from his own
to any who oppose.

Each swing:
a question flung
into fate,
answered only
in the breath
between life
and letting go.