Cherry Blossom - Sakura

Tatu
(c) 2001

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Japan's most celebrated tree is the Cherry Blossom Tree. It bears the cherry blossom which is the national flower. It symbolizes the coming of spring. Japan is a very cold climate. This imagery of the coming of spring after the cold winter snows is a most welcome and celebrated event.

The national cherry blossom festival is held annually the 2nd week of April. As a nation the people take part in enjoying the simple viewing of the flower. In the west we have heard the saying, "stop and smell the roses". In other words, slow down, stop and enjoy the beauty of life, and all the things it has for us to enjoy. The Japanese literally as a nation stop and see and smell and enjoy the cherry blossom. This flower viewing is called "hana-mi". Japanese gather under the pink blossomed cherry trees to picnic, drink a little sake, and behold the beauty of the flower.

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So celebrated in America, is the cherry tree, there is a national Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.  We have probably all heard of the legend of George Washington, who cut down the cherry tree, and could not tell a lie to his parents.  The introduction of the cherry trees in Washington D.C. dates  back to 1912.  The first original trees in this country were planted by First Lady Mrs. William Howard Taft and the Vicountess Chinda of Japan.

The cherry blossom is a very important and powerful image in Japan. It is depicted in art, on kimonos, on household decor. It is everywhere. There is a national song, called "Sakura Sakura" or "The Cherry Blossom Song". You probably sang it in elementary school in the west, as it is a popular childhood song.

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Sakura Sakura - Cherry Blossom Song

Sakura ...... sakura ......... noyamamo satomo

Miwatasu kagiri

Kasumi-ka kumo-ka .... asahi-ni niou

Sakura .... Sakura..... Hanazakari

English translation of the Cherry Blossom Song

Cherry Blossoms, cherry blossoms. On mountains, in villages.

As far as you can see.

They look like fog or clouds. They are fragrant in the morning sun.

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms. In full bloom.

So what is the significance of the cherry blossom
for the D/s submissive?

1) A Cherry Blossom Home. As a submissive, a personal geisha to your sensei, you have a responsibility to bring a love and harmony to your environment. It is a geisha's pleasure to introduce beauty in to the household.

First, one  must stop and see the beauty of life that is all around, one must awaken each day and smell and taste the wonderful aromas.  Feel his chest rise and fall when you awaken with your head cradled softly under his protective arm. Hear the laughter of children. One must do their best to set the tone of each day for your sensei, as well as the harmony he experiences with you and you experience together.

You can do this by simply keeping your home well.  Decorate it with simple loveliness. Fill your home with laughter, soft music, soft candlelight, the sound of a waterfall. Bring fresh cut flowers to the table. Kneel and bow with respect before him and look up into his eyes with trust.  Melt into his arms when he calls for you to be close to him.

2) A Cherry Blossom Attitude. One can grow as a person and move forward with my life, as the cherry blossom reminds you of the changing seasons of life. You can put the hard winter behind you, and with joy and anticipation celebrate what each spring brings. One can live and love with excitement, peace and harmony.

This is not always easy. Life is not always fair.  Life is not simply a bowl of cherrys. It can be very cruel and hard sometimes. It is up to the heart of the home, the geisha to meditate, breath new air, and put away the old pain, and celebrate a new balance to living as you find what the new season holds.

3) A Cherry Blossom submissive.  As his geisha, you must be his cherry blossom. It is the geisha's desire that her sensei, that she will please him with her loveliness. She will awaken and shower and care for herself with the joy of knowing that he will be pleased. She fixes her hair the way he likes it, so I do all to care for it, condition it, and make is soft and shiny for him to enjoy.

Use sweet fragrances that will send him on his day with sweet memories of what it will be like to return to you to hold and touch your soft and sensuous skin.

Apply your make up, seeking to softly enhance what god has given you, so that he might be drawn to your eyes that love him. Your lips are painted full, dark and luscious, calling out for the tenderness of his kiss, oh his long passionate kisses that make one hot with desire, wet with passion for his love. Never part with out a soft embrace and gentle touch of lips.

As a submissive to  your sensei, a sexual slave to his desires, desire to dedicate yourself to being his cherry blossom, that he might simply enjoy the view and appreciate the moment, that he might see the sensual soul of a woman who wishes nothing more in life than to be his delight and pleasure in everything.

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