White Peaches
Tokyo Reflections: Bicycle Rides, White Peaches, and Unspoken Desires
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Thirteen hours into the future
Reflecting on the future, specifically thirteen hours ahead.
July five years ago
Recalling events from July five years in the past.
I'm not in bed waiting to hear back
Not currently in bed, not anxiously awaiting a response.
From you back in Tokyo
Waiting for communication from someone in Tokyo.
We'll rest under the dogwood shade
Planning to rest beneath the shade of a dogwood tree.
Hear the cicadas cry
Hearing the sounds of cicadas in the background.
Injected with awkward pauses
Experiencing uncomfortable silences in conversation.
Tell me how much you wanna die
Asking about emotional struggles, possibly contemplating suicide.
This time I'm on my bicycle
Currently riding a bicycle.
White peaches hanging on handlebars
White peaches hanging on the bicycle handlebars.
This time I'm not waiting anxious
Not waiting anxiously, aware of the person's location in Tokyo.
I know where in Tokyo you are
Confident about knowing the whereabouts of someone in Tokyo.
I always know what makes you feel better
Understanding what brings comfort or improvement to the other person.
Or at least I know what makes me feel better for a start
Recognizing what brings personal comfort, possibly as a starting point.
Met your sister in the hotel room
Meeting the sister in a hotel room, a potential connection to the person in Tokyo.
The one I almost called
Almost making a call, suggesting hesitation or restraint.
Did she know how close you were?
Questioning if the sister was aware of the person's proximity.
Was I the only one preventing your fall?
Wondering if the speaker was the only one preventing a potential downfall.
Maybe we weren't two hands reaching and
Suggesting a complex relationship, maybe not mutually supportive.
Grasping trying to get each other out
Reflecting on a past situation where mutual support may have been lacking.
Two strands of vines climbing, invading
Using metaphorical imagery of vines representing a tangled relationship.
Twisting choking taking each other down
Describing a destructive dynamic between the two individuals.
This time I'm on my bicycle
Repeating the image of being on a bicycle with white peaches.
White peaches hanging on handlebars
Reiterating the lack of anxious waiting, confident in knowing the person's location.
This time I'm not waiting anxious
Reaffirming the presence of white peaches on the bicycle handlebars.
I know where in Tokyo you are
Reassuring awareness of the person's location in Tokyo.
I always know what makes you feel better
Consistently understanding what brings comfort to the other person.
Or at least I know what makes me feel better for a start
Acknowledging personal understanding of what brings comfort, possibly as a starting point.
I always know what makes you feel better
Repeating the understanding of what makes the other person feel better.
Or at least I know what makes me feel better for a start
Reiterating personal knowledge of what brings comfort, possibly as a starting point.
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