My Gochū-an as well.
the wall crumbles and out of it a vine
kabe ga kuzurete soko kara tsurukusa
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "my Gochū-an too." The wall of the Gochū-an hermitage where he long lived has crumbled, and through the hole a vine comes creeping in. Before grieving the hermitage's ruin, he simply accepts the vigor of the grass as it is.