I'm where I want to be
The happy place
I've returned after two years
Much has changed
Many things have not
The sights of skyscrapers
The scent of green tea and fumes
All seems like home to me as I walk through the city
Yet I cry
Smiling comes from time to time
Fake it until you make it comes into play as I'm asked how I am
Silent screams of loneliness
Tears of yearning
For things just beyond my reach
I'm falling into the darkness while in my happy place
When I return 'home' it will be worse
Isolation
Pain
Frustration
Fear
All this fills my mind as I wave goodbye to Tokyo
Kyoto is to come
A spark of joy and excitement
Yet why am I dying when I'm in my happy place
Tokyo & Kyoto
May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018 at 11:58 PM UTC
I'm where I want to be
The happy place
I've returned after two years
Much has changed
Many things have not
The sights of skyscrapers
The scent of green tea and fumes
All seems like home to me as I walk through the city
Yet I cry
Smiling comes from time to time
Fake it until you make it comes into play as I'm asked how I am
Silent screams of loneliness
Tears of yearning
For things just beyond my reach
I'm falling into the darkness while in my happy place
When I return 'home' it will be worse
Isolation
Pain
Frustration
Fear
All this fills my mind as I wave goodbye to Tokyo
Kyoto is to come
A spark of joy and excitement
Yet why am I dying when I'm in my happy place
Tokyo & Kyoto
Thoughts while on the Shikansen from Tokyo to Kyoto
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