Japanese Floating Lantern Festival
The lantern festival is to mark the end of the festival of the dead. Traditionally these small paper lanterns are set alight at night, and released up to the sky, or set afloat a river / lake / or sea.
This festival is a great way to help people with grieving and moving on from the lost of family, friends, ancestors, or loved ones.
Lights
Floating
Souls of the dead
Coming back to this life
A requiem for those we have loved
Sailing down the rivers and down the streams
A requiem for those we have lost
Going back from this life
Farewell again
Floating
Lights
(C)- Vivian Zems
(#Rictameter)
Smell The Coffee 
October 23, 2017 at 1:40 pm
This is beautiful Vivian. The Japanese people have such a wonderful way of honoring their lost loved ones, and you captured it beautifully. 😃💛
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October 23, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Thanks, Walt 🙂 I imagined by own loved ones wo had passed. It was easier that way
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October 23, 2017 at 4:53 pm
I love how you so often shape your poems to fit the subject. That’s not very easy to do with WordPress most of the time. This is another lovely poem and I’m so glad you’re doing these prompts with me! 🙂
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October 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm
Thanks M, I’m enjoying myself 😊
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October 23, 2017 at 6:55 pm
Good! 😉
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October 25, 2017 at 9:35 am
The Japanese Floating Lantern it is really a romantic way to say goodbye
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October 25, 2017 at 7:15 pm
It really is 😊
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May 26, 2018 at 2:27 pm
Beautifully penned! I’ve always been intrigued the Japanese lantern festival… It’s appearance in the last scene of the movie ‘Tangled’ is actually what triggered my infatuation! I recently attempted a ‘Rictameter’ of my own, so I know how difficult it is to get an effective message across in 9 lines, but you have done so perfectly.
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May 27, 2018 at 3:23 pm
Thank you 🙂
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