[Poem] Earth and Moon

I thought he was
much stronger than me,
far more
intelligent,
diligent,
hardworking,
and serious
than I was.

I thought he was
quite
different from me,
a being
as distant
as the moon is from the earth.
That is what I thought.

But in reality,
I realized he was a man
who couldn't live
on his own,
far more
childish,
shy,
and lonely
than I had imagined.

I used to think
that his way of life
and his way of thinking
were completely different
from mine.

However,
strangely enough,
I could talk to my father.
There was
hardly any difference
between his thoughts and mine.

My father was
a lonely creator
just like me.
While running a music school,

he wasn't much different
from the guys
who formed bands
and performed.

I had always thought
that my father
could not be compared
to such people.

But my father
was not much different
from those people,
or from me.
Just like me,

he chased his dreams
until the very end
without giving up.

My father and I
once had
a distance between us
like that of the earth and the moon.

But now,
we have come close enough
that there is little difference
between us.