[Poem] Beyond Tartarus

Enduring patiently for forty minutes
Escaping and suffering
Even though I finally made it, again
Enduring patiently for forty minutes
I think of Sisyphus

When I chose this path
I should have been prepared
In this daily life
Not just my body
But my heart is also entrusted

Passing through the ticket gate from my town
Passing through the ticket gate from my family
Passing through the ticket gate from my ideals
Passing through the ticket gate from my promises
I pass through them so easily

The tracks are whimsical
Twisting the destination
To an unknown land
Taking me away
I dream such a dream

Even in such a dream
For forty minutes
Remaining trapped
To the twisted destination
I am taken every day

Passing through the ticket gate from my will
Passing through the ticket gate from my solitude
Passing through the ticket gate from my dignity
Passing through the ticket gate from my myth
I pass through them with my head bowed

(From "Irresponsibility" Issue No. 38)