Trying to find a Japanese poem along with the kanji for it?

Question

I am looking for a Japanese poem I read in a book once that went:

So lonely am I

My soul is a floating weed

Severed at the roots

were the water to entice me

I think I would follow it

I would like to have the kanji for it as well but I just cant seem to find it anywhere, I dont even know who wrote it. Any help would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

Maybe it is the works of a fiction novel, and not actually written by a Japanese poet.

There is no citation for it at Wikipedia.  And my searches for it with Japanese search engines found nothing.