【EN】 Gogyoka “Flower Spirit”

By Senon Wakamiya【EN】

At least to soothe the pain.

Gogyoka  87

You’ve gone crazy.
Yeah—gone crazy.
It’s gogyouka, you know.
If it fits in five lines,
you can write whatever you want.

Gogyoka  88

Tell me—
where are we?
Is this the bottom of the sea?
My lord…
we’re on a battlefield.

Gogyoka  89

All my life
I’ve been alone,
so loneliness—
what it even is,
I don’t really know.

Gogyoka  90

In this world
I know I’m extra,
and still
I can’t just vanish—
I live on the border.

Gogyoka  91

A heart
that can only wander
has no dreams—
it just waits
for the heartbeat to stop.

Gogyoka  92

I can’t
be cold-hearted.
It’s just—
I have neither the will
nor the nerve to save.

Gogyoka  93

I can’t even
love myself,
living
as if in hiding—
and the seasons change.

Gogyoka  94

Because I’ve only
kept losing,
my body
ends up refusing
to love.

Gogyoka   95

My name is
Maetel.
Before I know it,
I’m the kind of woman who keeps
buying nothing but khaki.

Gogyoka   96

Look—right beside me,
there’s a beautiful woman
with a kind heart.
I’m pretty sure
I’m already dead.

Gogyoka   97

You guys—
you’re smart, so
hurry up,
give up already.
I’m going to shine.

Gogyoka   98

Loneliness
is a chronic illness,
so to fight
against fate
is wasted effort.

Gogyoka   99

I
love Brazil—
I just wish, in the same measure,
Brazil would
love me back.

Gogyoka   100

I strike,
I strike again,
and only dust comes out—
and yet,
you look so pure.

All of my Gogyoka , including those written so far, are freely quotable.

If any of them speak to you, I would be truly happy if you quote and share them.

And if one resonates with you deeply, please feel free to leave a comment.

若宮せのん　Senon Wakamiya

SENON ARCHIVE -まとめのまとめ-

Contents (EN)
① Gogyouka (Five-Line Poems)
② Transformation Begins in the Body (walking / meals / notebook)
③ Sergei (dialogue series)
④ Dialogues & Inner Comedy
⑤ Declaration / Meta

Index (EN):

GOGYŌKA-EN

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