So lonely am I My body is a floating weed Severed at the roots. Were there water to entice me, I would follow it, I think. (Ono no Komachi)

So lonely am I My body is a floating weed Severed at the roots. Were there water to entice me, I would follow it, I think.

Ono no Komachi

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