It has been a long time,
Since I last read a Japanese novel.
The last one I read might have been
God Give Me More Time.
Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood,
Has words that are starting to eat into my heart,
Exposing bits of raw emotion,
Long forgotten.

Out of nowhere from my distant memory,
Came the part in Tempting Heart,
Where Karen Mok's character,
Had a relationship with Takeshi Kaneshiro's character,
Even though they both loved the same girl.
Vanessa had explained,
That it was the only way,
Both of them could feel close,
To the girl they love whom they have lost.

I didn't grasp it at that time.
But now it seems to make sense.