Chapter Four: The Fourth Year:

Chigusa

She is Chigusa

She has become his favorite

Little doll to play

Hair

Her hair used to be

Tangled and messy. Now it

Is so smooth and long.

Fog

The fog blocks everything

She cannot see her future

Neither her family

Rain

His umbrella keeps her

Pretty little dry and her

Soul safe and intact

Mud

The grounds are muddy

He hates when it gets on his

Favorite purple robes

Rings

He always wears rings

The gold makes her eyes grow big

Diamonds can’t compare

Mums

His flowers light up

Her young face. She has never

Their beauty before

Letter

A letter came in

Today. Her father says he

Still loves her dearly

Geta

He bought her new geta

His lordship believes it is

Time. She has grown now

Hair Pins

With the geta came,

Two jade-colored hairpins

Still, something’s missing

Yukata

His maids dressed her

In a light blue yukata.

Now, she is ready.

Festival

Today is her first

Festival. Chigusa is

Excited to go.