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“If the one I waited for
came now, what should I do?
This morning's garden filled with snow
is far too lovely
for footsteps to mar.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
came now, what should I do?
This morning's garden filled with snow
is far too lovely
for footsteps to mar.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“For a moment
he became smoke.
How intimate,
now,
the cloudy sky.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
he became smoke.
How intimate,
now,
the cloudy sky.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“Perhaps, if I make a friend
of the mountain cuckoo
in this world,
he will talk to me
when we cross the mountain of death”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
of the mountain cuckoo
in this world,
he will talk to me
when we cross the mountain of death”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“In this world
love has no color
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.”
― Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
love has no color
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.”
― Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
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