one fragment of it will become the soil of home autumn
sono ippen wa furusato no tsuchi to naru aki
1937–1938 · Wartime verses
Sōmokutō · The Home Front (Jūgo)
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A single fragment of the ashes returns to the soil of the home where he was born and raised. The homecoming of just one shard of a life that perished on a distant battlefield. The autumn earth of harvest and falling leaves receives it. Within the vast war, the verse looks at one small fragment.