Past

If this is an ashamed passion, I can't move forward anymore

With no hopes either, it's despair

Even the way of life I wanted can't return there anymore

At the ends of naivete, real emotions

I don't want to burn the past1 into the eyes1 of wandering mankind

Even if the world were to end decades later

if we change fate into our mission

and even if we burden the original sin of long-ago

let's carve in our prologue2

The torn up bonds will never again return to normal

The truth is a trap, and that's reality

A sacrifice for whom? I don't know anything anymore

Ideals are the enemy, a surreal illusion

I don't want to be cornered from rusted memories3 to ruin

If the future4 changes thousands of years later

knowing our fate is God's will

Our demise will be the starting point continuing to the next again

Let's talk about our tomorrow5

Even if the world were to end decades later

if we change fate into our mission

and even if we burden the original sin of long-ago

let's carve in our prologue2

I originally wrote this in Japanese and there's word play! Here's the translations

[1] - the kanji here actually means "burnt offering" but is sung as "past". Likewise, the kanji is written as "memories" but read as "eyes".

[2] - the kanji here means "prologue/preface" but is read as "history"

[3] - the kanji here means "curse/spell" but is read as "memory/ies"

[4] - the kanji here means "the next world" but is read as "future"

[5] - the kanji here means "chapter one/first chapter" but is read as "tomorrow"

Reviews

[Riddhi]

I loved the way you wrote it...It must be interesting to write it in Japanese where different characters have multiple meanings..Coming to the content of poem , I loved it..You know there are few people who actually face their past and try to survive with it and I must say you are among those brave people...I actually like when people face their past and they don't try to just erase it out..I felt your emotions through this poem and I loved the entire concept behind it..It is indeed a creative work..
Well done..

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank so very much! People must always face forward!

[Riddhi]

Yeah..People should face forward but they should not forget their past so that they will learn something from their past and they will live their present better...

[Onlyme]

It facing the hurt of the past, in your own time and pace. And sharing helps to heal. Others find it hard to face past hurts.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you for your comment!

[Onlyme]

your welcome my dear friend Ji-Suk

[¿]

It's the brave inside you saying I feel....well sometimes I don't feel enough guts in me to survive with bitter past and try hard to wipe them...but if you wanna keep them showcasing and make an example of living the life...you may keep on...thanks for sharing...good read☺

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thanks very much for your comment!

[¿]

You're heartedly welcomed!!😊

[Ariana Omnomnom]

Very creative idea to practice using wordplay in a language such as Japanese where different characters can have multiple meanings. How fun! Very beautiful work.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you very much!