Maybe we need a bit of calm in all the Joetsu re-enactment excitement, so here is a picture of melancholic colouring showing a figure on a journey of solitude, and some words to match. I wanted to try writing something more traditional this time and, of course, there's always a perfect image of Gackt to use.

Sadly I can only read the poetry in English translation and then paraphrase. Hopefully the result is not too far from the original in mood - and, even if it's spurious, at least it's short!