Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Night On The Milky Way Train

Allow me to introduce a poet of Japan, Miyazawa Kenji.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Miyazawa

His works are brilliant. Night On The Milky Way Train is the children's story about a boy, Jovanni and his friend, Campanelra. They travel on the night train to the stars. Jovanni is the boy who cares his mother's sick. Campanelra is worrying about whether his mother forgives him or not. I guess his mother died due to his birth. They meet up some people on the train and see the how galaxy works and learn what death is. It could be a dream of Jovanni. He wake up on the hill and notice Campanelra's death of drowing in the river, in their town. Jovannni begins to think what happiness is, not only for himself but also for people, ordinary people. It is a gentle, deep, short story about children's psychology, which inspires human's soul.

I am sorry that you can not read his books. I was wondering after reading this book. Miyazama Kenji was so gentle that he could be a "terrorist" if he lived at the moment. Nobody understands what is called "terrorists" are humans with a heart, I guess a soft and sensitive heart. Nobody tries to imagine how the man decides to kill oneself, with the bombs to kill the world. They are the poets who can not survive in this world with absordity. They are the rabbits in the submarine, died 7 hours before we are choked.

Open your eyes in your heart. See this world. And check out how many hours left on the blue submarine on this Night.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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