‘Like a Sketch in the Morning’ — Daily Poems and Essays by JIYUCHO Owner Koyama
今朝の落書き
オーナー小山が日々書く詩やエッセイ
考え事、悩み事の言葉たち
When It Shines
About life
I do not really understand
About people's feelings
sometimes I understand very little
Even the taste of coffee, to be honest
I did not understand very well
The pleasure of beer
I have lately begun to understand
The flavour of shochu
I began to understand after a certain day
The deliciousness of sake
I think I still have much to understand
Even how to choose wine
I search for something I might understand
staring at the menu
but before I know it, always
with a crease between my eyebrows
still not understanding
I try choosing by words that are easy to understand
Someone said far away
I do not understand poetry
I know what you mean
someone far away replied
Is it all right
not to understand
you, close by, quietly ask
Even without understanding
I think it is all right, I tell you
Even without understanding
there are things you want to hold tight
aren't there
Even without understanding
there are times you long to understand
or times when such a thing
does not concern you in the slightest
aren't there
You do not understand
perhaps you do
still without understanding
about smiles that rejoice
about tears that grieve
about a body that begins to run
about lips that have no words
Things we understand when the time comes
that much, I know for certain
One of a few things
all of us
understand
Thank you for reading again today. You do not have to think it would be better to understand everything.
