I really enjoyed this one! And having my username included like I did to yours is always fun, but I -have- to say that it felt a tad bit out of place with a japanese word in the middle of the stanza, it kind-of broke the flow. I didn't think I'd told you what it means before, but it seems like it!

I love this mostly because I am imagining it as I read. :) Still like it though.

You are very welcome Kris. I honestly love everything about this especially how you snuck some Japanese in there. It caught me off guard but I still like it. And remember you are always free to read my poetry :)

Oh! I see! That was unexpected, you continue to surprise me my friend. I've had a very rough night that I -might- write about in detail later, so sorry for the late replies in the PMs.

I haven't been in Japan nor formally studied Japanese myself though, but ever since I started watching anime and japanese dramas, as well as reading Manga, around the time when I needed escapism the most, I started learning it on my own as well.

Languages are one of my absolutely strongest subjects. After having some help learning the alphabet itself, I taught myself to read by my own and could read fluently before I turned 5. I also taught myself English right after through games and television, which was easier since I knew how to read already.

I have aspergers though, so that might help. As you've likely noticed, I'm bilingual. Since I'm not formally learning Japanese, it's taking a while to learn it, but I believe I will be able to -speak- it fluently on a basic level in roughly 2-3 years if I continue at this very casual pace. Funnily enough, when it comes to grammar Japanese is closer to Swedish than English, so knowing both of these languages at my level is useful.

And "kakera", in all languages, is one of my favorite words of all time, and I picked it as my username because it's a single word that describes me.