[Poetry of Learning: Words to Help You Breathe a Little Easier] The Day Our Hearts Were Joined

My appearance is quite ordinary.
Inside my head, ladybugs are doing the samba.

But my mother often told me,
"Takahiro, you have a beautiful heart."

Believing those words,
I stuffed a lifetime's worth of courage into my pocket
and came here.

"So, what are your preferences for a partner?"

Being spoken to by a beauty who looked like a model,
my mind went completely blank.
No, maybe it turned completely blue.

"Uh... yes... I would like someone kind and honest who can accept me for who I am."

Click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-click-clack.

With a speed that made it seem like she had twenty fingers,
she typed away at the keyboard.

"I have found someone who would be a perfect match for you."

With a practiced movement,
as if she were spinning a top, she turned the computer toward me.

What was displayed on the screen
was, honestly speaking, not a beauty.

But somehow,
I felt it.
This person's heart,
through the screen.

More than words listing conditions,
this person's
silence
seemed far more eloquent.

"She is a wonderful person. I would love to meet her."

Married life,
I think,
is just about whether or not
you feel like you want to gently touch each other's hearts.

Today,
a single knot was tied
at this marriage agency.

May your heart, too,
someday
be joined with someone
at the same temperature.

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Afterword

If these words have left even a small impression on your heart,
the background of how this poem was born and my activities are summarized below.

Thank you for reading until the end.

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