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.

Selflessness

2025-10-03

Surrounded by colors

I wonder what I am to write

yet again with a single pen

in a single color

I try to draw the world

Knowing that arrogance

and still unable to stop

leaving even loneliness behind

on a blank sheet

only intuition moves

Within thought I could never catch it

there’s no time to think

only a something like me yet not me

moving toward the place

where something new begins to be written

That alone is certain

About this piece

What did you think or feel after writing and reading this poem?: I am tiny, and infinite.
When did you write it, and under what circumstances?: A night spent listening to the words of those who have lived twice as long as I have — people who drink well, laugh well, and know much about life.

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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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