
🌐I Might Be Able to Go Home | Forest of Poetry
This is the English version of the original Japanese essay.
Original Japanese version available here.
I once got lost on the road
Since I had no choice
I asked the bus driver
for directions
I thought it would be fine since it was local
The station was
from there
not too far away
"Where are you going? Are you alright?"
he asked, so
"Yes. As long as I reach the station,
it connects to the station I want to go to"
When I said that
the bus driver
broke into a smile
I was there
at every possible point
at the station called
the "platform"
one day
as a "lost soul"
I stood on the platform
A train
arrived at the platform
I looked at the route map
and checked the next station
And then
since I knew which was my "nearest station"
I boarded the train in that direction
Because I got lost
I had to go
to the place where I belong
Right now, I
wonder where I am
and how much closer I have gotten
to the 'nearest station'
Even if I feel a bit anxious
there are train tracks after all
and it says
'this direction'
so I have no choice but to believe
Someday
some day
at the 'nearest station'
I will see the scenery of that station
I might feel relieved
And then
on the way home
a cup of
I want to drink coffee