I used to be…

A Poem by Hana

I used to be a painter. I mixed paints on my palette to make the colour which I wanted. Some paints were too expensive for me to buy. I just needed to create colours with the limited paints I can afford.

I used to be a singer. I trained my given voice to widen my pitch range to sing beautifully. Some people have a higher voice, others have a lower. I just needed to sing from my heart with my limited voice I was born with.

I am a language learner. I assemble my words in my brain to create sentences to tell what I think. Some words are too big for me to grasp or handle. I just need to try and practice what my little brain has absorbed.

I am a lover. I collect your happiness and my happiness to share. Some poets explain what love is, and tell you what you should do. I just give you my unlimited love to keep you happy, hoping you also love me.

HANA is a Japanese born writer who writes stories and poems in both English and Japanese. If you are an English reader, you can follow her English publications, ‘Etude of Creativity (poetry, haiku, fiction)’ and ‘Japanese Writer (blogs & essays)’ or on Twitter.

All stories written by HANA is here (a list in English).