Baugh, Laura E

English

Olivet Nazarene University

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present Volume 2020 Issue 1 Article 9 2020 Mirai (未来) Future Laura E. Baugh Olivet Nazarene University, sablehalycon@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/tygr  Part of the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation Baugh, Laura E. (2020) "Mirai (未来) Future," TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present: Vol. 2020 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. Available at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/tygr/vol2020/iss1/9 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@olivet.edu. Mirai Futurelaura baughThe smell of tatami and smoke wafted about the room,As the group of friends aged with the waning of the moon,Gesturing wildly as they retold the stories of their youth,Cigarette smoke permeated the air, and the froth of beer was on their lips,They would grow old, but their hearts would always remain foolish and untamedUntil they drew their last breaths.A room full of budding prospects;A teacher,A soldier, A salesperson,And another youth searching for direction.Amid the liveliness, he sat rather still.The shadow of indecisiveness ghosting his features.Little did he know, his destiny was not undecided,It just had not begun yet.It would begin, at the fall of the sakura,And it would continue until he too,grew old but still foolish.One day he would mature,And bring about laughter Like fine wine served in delicate glasses,The dark and heady liquor swirling in a vortex of memory,Both lost and yet to be made.Falcon | Emilee French | WatercolorOutstretched Hand | K. Hope Tarleton | Charcoal on Pape17 1Baugh: Mirai (??) FuturePublished by Digital Commons @ Olivet, 2020

Mirai (未来) Future

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TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present 
Volume 2020 Issue 1 Article 9 
2020 
Mirai (未来) Future 
Laura E. Baugh 
Olivet Nazarene University, sablehalycon@gmail.com 
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/tygr 
 Part of the Poetry Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Baugh, Laura E. (2020) "Mirai (未来) Future," TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present: Vol. 
2020 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. 
Available at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/tygr/vol2020/iss1/9 
This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It 
has been accepted for inclusion in TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present by an authorized editor 
of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@olivet.edu. 
Mirai Future
laura baugh
The smell of tatami and smoke wafted about the room,
As the group of friends aged with the waning of the moon,
Gesturing wildly as they retold the stories of their youth,
Cigarette smoke permeated the air, 
and the froth of beer was on their lips,
They would grow old, 
but their hearts would always remain foolish and untamed
Until they drew their last breaths.
A room full of budding prospects;
A teacher,
A soldier, 
A salesperson,
And another youth searching for direction.
Amid the liveliness, he sat rather still.
The shadow of indecisiveness ghosting his features.
Little did he know, his destiny was not undecided,
It just had not begun yet.
It would begin, at the fall of the sakura,
And it would continue until he too,
grew old but still foolish.
One day he would mature,
And bring about laughter 
Like fine wine served in delicate glasses,
The dark and heady liquor swirling in a vortex of memory,
Both lost and yet to be made.
Falcon | Emilee French | WatercolorOutstretched Hand | K. Hope Tarleton | Charcoal on Pape
17 1
Baugh: Mirai (??) Future
Published by Digital Commons @ Olivet, 2020


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