This piece is one of longing and eventual coming-togetherness. The storm in both the text and the music symbolizes the troubles two might experience in life: bad days, frayed nerves, the stress of the world. The text boldly proclaims that no matter what troubles one might face that could pull one apart, they shall endure together.

The piece may be performed with or without a conductor as convenient for the performers and/or performance. Additionally, the piece may be performed on one or two marimbas, vibraphones, and sets of temple blocks as convenient (as the 2nd vibraphone player switches to the temple blocks at the end of the piece, the second set of temple blocks should be as identical in timbre and pitch to the first set as possible).

The text is a tanka by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro as written in Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves). Manyoshu is the oldest surviving anthology of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after 759 CE.