Shinto Winter  (newer version)

I worry for the people of Japan
across whose lands
afterwinds still blow.  
 
I worry her children
dream of reptilian things
grown large and misshapen.  
 
Last night I dreamt
of Fukushima, Shinto demigod.  
 
Fukushima trembled in fear
of the Sun Goddess  
Amaterasu, Kami most high
whose light shone in Heaven.
 
Covetous,  Fukushima
stole Amaterasu's necklace
that he might have its power
for himself.  
 
Her necklace gone,
the Sun Goddess grew pale.  
 
From his sky perch
Tsukuyomi, god of the moon  
ruler of the night,
plotted revenge on his sister,
Amaterasu, who long ago  
cast him into darkness.
 
From deep within the earth
Izanagi, ancient father
to Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu,
awoke in Yomi, the underworld.  
 
It is time, Izanagi thought,
to gather my children
and leave the Earth
to everlasting winter.  
 
Oh foolish Fukushima,
soon to wear a coat of ice
for a necklace  
he did not understand.