When did you write it, and under what circumstances?

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If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?

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When did you write it, and under what circumstances?

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If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?

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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.

Only at night

2025-09-24

Longing for the stories
that can only be told in the night

unable to resist
morning appears once more

by then all have fallen silent
and already departed
on a journey toward some faraway night

so morning knows nothing
of the stories only night can tell

yet morning has songs
that belong to morning alone

as the sun begins to rise
they begin to sing

and at once
the memory of night fades away
while happiness fills the morning air

to that song
many awaken
and start sharing new stories with the morning

and the morning
so deeply glad for this
decides to return again tomorrow

About this piece

When did you write it, and under what circumstances?: After the sun set over the Miura Peninsula, across the sea from Uchibo, Chiba.
If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?: JAZZY ballads, quiet vocals

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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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