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On my way home - Ryuichi Tamura - Japan - Poetry International Home Poets & Poems Poems On my way home Poem Ryuichi Tamura Side by side English Original language On my way home I should never have learned words how much better off I’d be if I lived in a world where meanings didn’t matter, the world with no words If beautiful words take revenge against you it’s none of my concern If quiet meanings make you bleed it also is none of my concern The tears in your gentle eyes the pain that drips from your silent tongue – I’d simply gaze at them and walk away if our world had no words In your tears i

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