IT IS OK a poem by Yuri Kageyama

it is OK

to idealize

he is now

an angel

or

at least that’s

what they say

he never laid eyes on another

he always brought home the pay check

he never broke anything

and he never snored

it is OK to believe

all those things

and think he was, will be

perfect

This piece came about as part of the Poetry Challenge, a group in Tokyo that shares work on a given theme. The theme was “Dreamtime.” I’m sharing it here because it turned out nicely, if I may say so, with the title “It Is OK.”

The link below shows what our son Isaku did with the poem using AI. The link at the top is a real human version by Isaku’s Berklee friends, singer Tea with Hiroshi Tokieda. I know the man whom I loved all my life will be proud of this poem _ and the music.