Chapter Five: Fifth Year:

Crickets

Chigusa awakes

Old dreams of home haunt her mind

Her misguided heart

People

People come in and out

Chigusa stays hidden

In another room

Dango

She rarely has this

Sticky treat in the springtime

Today is special

Lost Love

What exactly is love?

Chigusa has never been in

Love before. He has.

Hair

Long straight dark hair

It can practically sweep

The floor at her feet.

Pins

She still wears those two

Jade-colored hairpins in her

Long straight dark hair.

Koto

Today, she will learn

How to play the koto. She

Learns pretty quickly.

Proper Lady

Her lordship wants to

Groom her into a proper

Young lady for him.

Reading

She learns how to read

Just like with the koto, she

Learns pretty quickly

Kimono

This will be her first

Kimono. She looks really

Beautiful in it.

Silk

The red silk looks great

On her pale skin. It reminds

Him of his dead wife.

Old Home

Chigusa awakes

Wanting to cry once again