A recorded Cuckoo call can be heard at Wildlife in the Garden .
Eyes open wide to the colors of the tall mountains, ears listen to the sound of the flowing waters.
As I grow used to the moss mat and rock pillow, the sound of mountain water cleanses my heart. In this poem flowing water symbolizes ageing and the passing of time. And yet, as in the previous poem, the sound of flowing water is also felt as soothing and healing. Thus when Chiyo says that irritating things are also flowing water, she suggests the idea of irritating sound fading into healing sound. No light yet, night lingers on, but already from the tops of the tree hiding my hut cicadas shriek.