Lost in Flowers

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—a poem of Mushishi (蟲師)


as far back as I can remember
she has always been living
at the edge of my garden

and even now
she is still there
and her beauty is unchanged

silently withstanding blizzards
silently overflowing with beauty

silently
stealing life away for it's own gain

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