NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 10 - The Tanka

So now it's time for the Tanka -- frankly I just like the way that sounds -- "The Tanka"

The Japanese Tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line.  A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, Tanka translates to "short song" and is better known in its five-line 5/7/5/77 syllable count form.

I'm a little close to the wire tonight, so I'll see if I can make it under......

A barren wasteland

The last of a tough winter

So now we will wait

As the darkness turns to light

And we watch for the first bud