It has been so long, our dear friend. By the time you find this Moon Lantern, we will already be watching you…
It has been so long, our dear friend.
By the time you find this Moon Lantern, we will already be watching you from hiding.
You look so very much like the one who used to play hide and seek with us long ago.
We wanted Star Candy, and pain salve, and moonlight too.
But in the end, we decided to leave them all to you.
With this one moon, you will have everything.
Stand where the moon is nearest, and home will come into clearer view.
See how the cooking smoke climbs into the evening sky.
See how frost flowers gather upon the window lattice.
And look as well upon the road that brought you here, to see whether the moonlight will set it aglow.
Winter has come again.
Will you look forward to it, as we do?
Whether or not you are that person, please accept this piece of moonlight.