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

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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.

You can read the previous series
“This Morning’s Drawing” here→

Bracelet

2025-09-30

Nine o’clock in Honolulu
pizza from a back-alley shop
sweet wine uncorked in the room
outside that open window
on the balcony just then
the south wind carried the ocean
moment by moment into our night

Secrets make the heart dance
eyes are stolen
by the allure of whispered talk

All of it swept far away
taken by the tide
and only beautiful words
only ideals
are allowed to remain here

I want to go see the sunrise
the touch of innocence waking me gently
a bracelet tied around my ankle
so I will not forget

Even now I am guarded by that night
the salt in the air
the sound of the wind

About this piece

What did you think or feel after writing and reading this poem?: wanna go Hawaii
If this poem were turned into a song, what would it sound like?: Harmony of Piano, Guitar, and a Tender Voice

Passing Morning

2025-09-26

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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