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Not Speaking Of The Way

by Yosano Akiko

Akiko Yosano

Not speaking of the way,
Not thinking of what comes after,
Not questioning name or fame,
Here, loving love,
You and I look at each other.




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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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