Auntie For luck! Narrator (Sayuri as an elderly woman) A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries it cannot survive. Narrator (Sayuri as an elderly woman) 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.