What did you think or feel after writing and reading this poem?

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When did you write it, and under what circumstances?

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What did you think or feel after writing and reading this poem?

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When did you write it, and under what circumstances?

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“Dear Future Me” is a series in which Shohei Koyama—poet and owner of JIYUCHO — delivers poetic words in Japanese and English, like letters to his future self that trace the subtleties of everyday life. I hope this becomes a place like your mailbox where postcard poems arrive.

Knock

2025-10-08

Knock knock knock knock

The ache of going unnoticed

Yet to feel it

is to know I still exist

so I stay a little longer

foolishly, tenderly

Knock knock knock knock

I call in the name of “new”

I return again in the name of “courage”

Before the door called world

toward the room called reality

I go

with my friend called dream

and my partner called hope

Knock knock knock knock

That person too

that child too

that athlete, that musician

I hear them

each knocking, with their dreams and hopes beside them

and I see

they opened it

into you

About this piece

What did you think or feel after writing and reading this poem?: When I realized that dreams are friends and hope is a companion, I felt kind of happy. Turns out I’ve been friends with them all along, and maybe since way back.
When did you write it, and under what circumstances?: While listening to my favorite band’s new album.

「宛先は、わたし」一覧へ戻る

About JIYUCHO owner Koyama

Began writing poetry as a student. Deeply moved by Shuntaro Tanikawa’s Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude, where physical laws were expressed in beautiful words. While wandering the world, continued writing poetry and founded a company at the age of 27. In May 2018, released TOMOSHIBI POST, a web service that allows people to send letters to their future selves. In August 2019, opened JIYUCHO in Kuramae, Tokyo. In December 2023, opened FUTO, a poetic café and second location. In August 2024, published the poetry collection The World at Last, with You and Me. Graduated from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science. Studied abroad in Seattle, Washington, USA, for one year during university.

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