At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.
Arthur GoldenAnd when I raised myself to look at the man who'd spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall.
Arthur GoldenMy mother once told me I was like water. Water can carve its way even through stone. And when trapped, water makes a new path.
Arthur GoldenYou know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper.
Arthur Golden