River of Stars Quotes

“The little lamb's eyes,
desperate for forest water,
must resemble mine.
O you whose love I long for,
how can you understand me?”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems

“My shiny black hair
fallen into disarray,
a thousand tangles,
like a thousand tangled thoughts
about my love for you.”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems

“Lifting your head,
my slender arm beneath
the nape of your neck,
I want, suddenly, to suck
your feverish lips with mine”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems

“After twenty years
of living the barren life,
I want to believe
that now all of my patient dreams
will at last be realized”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems