HELLO/HELLO

新年おめでとう

     i craved summer's embrace in the dead night of winter

     enveloping my feet into the tropical rainstorms that

      swept away beneath enfolding ocean waves and

     drowning in each other's embrace

      i found such things poetically ethereal as if the ocean

      is an allegory of friendship in its purest form

     like how kindred spirits are bound to attach themselves

     as hydrogen bonds form between them

     the feeling of the sunlit gales reminded me

     of love to be gentle and addictive as they kiss    

      my skin as if greeting a friendly good morning

     to the young child born and living in their world

     isn't it funny how i slowly come to love the world

     despite cursing those who live within it

     I'm not sure if i had purposely worn the antique

     rose colored glasses I wore so long ago

     but i have come to to my weaknesses

     and started to ponder the names of the stars

      that aligned into constellations and the many

      moons of neighboring planets visible by the naked eye

     i once tried to drown myself in the silence

of the vulnerable night sky, foreboding and mysterious

the infinite spectacle that threatens my vision

     an interest that was merely a part of my past

      a past that formed my love of beauty

      now, i have come to love the humanity in me

      that i had left hidden beneath the roots of the flowers

     in the garden of words i grew into a golden meadow

     filled with my flaws and regrets, my tears and joys

     i dropped my emotions like the rain, abandoning it's

      worth like trash littered in metropolitan streets and

     began to scavenge each lingering piece into a collection

     a scrap book of scattered emotions left to treasure

     i started to look at the azure blue morning sky

     watched blotches of violet magenta dust the clouds

     and witnessed the crepuscular rays of dawn and dusk

     sadness no longer cloud my emotions like the petrichor

      of lonely night time showers and midnight thoughts

      i could finally dance beneath the rain and scream

      louder than the thunder- my existence is a precious

     as anything else in the world

     to the you of today,

      to the you of tomorrow,

      to the you of next year,

      i hope that someday whether

      it is within your lifespan

     you could always look at the sky

      and love 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛