in the wind walking on, blaming myself
kaze no naka onore o semetsutsu aruku
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Through the buffeting wind he walks on, blaming himself. What he blames himself for is not written. There is only the blaming heart and the walking body, and the wind wrapping them both. He cannot stop; he can only keep walking.