On the Way Home, Kicking Pebbles

Original version (Japanese):

“石ころを蹴って遊んだ帰り道” by Shinsei

石ころを蹴って遊んだ帰り道
神社の神の儚きことよ

English version:

“On the Way Home, Kicking Pebbles” translated by Shinsei

Kicking stones
on the way home—
how fleeting the gods
of shrines can be.