"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Falling
I am falling like a hard rain Like a hard rain in the night
I am falling like a distant star Like a distant star in the night
I am falling like a firefly Like a firefly in the night
I am falling like a hard rain Like a hard rain in the night
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