self

i am
the self
i am
the self hidden
inside
another
self

in the middle of the night

when passion becomes

addiction
it consumes the soul
sucks dry the bone marrow
drains the spirit
invades the mind
diverts all thoughts
and evaporates the zeal
to live a life of
passion

written during a seminar on anxiety disorder in children and adolescents by Prof Cecilia A. Essau

東京タワー - a distant intimacy

between my dad and mom -
brokenness,
late nights and drunkenness

between my dad and I
is but a magical moment:
the day
he made me a wooden boat,
a white, unfinished wooden boat

between my mom and I,
a separation of 15 years
and a killer

between my mom and dad
is a strange happiness,
a moment of contentment
by the hospital bed
and a 333-metre tall Tokyo Tower

between us,
a distant intimacy

written the next day after watching with my wife 東京タワー:オカンとボクと、時々、オトン, a movie based on the autobiographical book by Lily Franky, which is about Franky's family and the time he spent with his mother