Children starving far away,
And we could save them all.
But I want to spend the day,
Just staring at the wall.
What is time, and what is space,
And is there really fate?
Inside this moving, static place,
I simply choose to wait.
Can a human fate just be,
A living null result?
Am I choosing to be me,
A lifeless young adult?
There's comfort in a life so small,
With edges set so well.
Every single heavy wall,
Secures me in my shell.
Every wall so hard and gray,
Except the special one.
I got an artist here one day,
To paint a setting sun.
And with my nature kept inside,
With beauty standing still.
The chaos of the world can hide,
Like sun behind a hill.
Perhaps this is the coward's way,
To try and turn and run.
But if I'm here, I get to stay,
And watch the setting sun.
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Written Oct 23rd, 2007...
Hikikomori is a japanese term that refers to young adults who withdraw completely from society and intentionally isolate themselves. At times, that idea just sounds so nice and romantic to me... Wikipedia it if you're interested. It's important to say that the narrator here is only slightly similar to myself. I tried to capture the character of an overeducated and overpressured young adult. I don't want tips on how to get out into the world or any such thing in your comments hehe. I'm trying to write shorter pieces lately... With an arbitrary limit of 5-10 stanzas or so... I've been able to focus much better on each individual stanza. I split this piece in two, with the first three stanzas of the narrator's abstract scary thoughts, the last three all focus on the comforting painted wall , and the middle stanza is purely descriptive, bridging the two. I don't normally pull stuff like that, so I'm proud enough to point it out! |
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me likey.
and there are times when i read things of yours and i just wish all of that goddamn talent you have in excess would rub off on me....
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