Garcia Marquez says, "Love is something felt in the heart. Distance is not an issue."The poem "Distance" from Yoshiwara Sachiko's collection of poems "Bindweed" a

 

Japanese Literature

Yukito Harutsugu  · 36分鐘  · 

Garcia Marquez says, "Love is something felt in the heart. Distance is not an issue."

The poem "Distance" from Yoshiwara Sachiko's collection of poems "Bindweed" also writes on the distance of love. Distance should be, in general, able to be measured quantitatively, but the parameters of love here are extremely qualitative: innocence and madness.

I feared you, your innocence.

If I were a weight, the further we are apart, the more the scales will tilt.

How many centimeters of suffocating distance will be allowed so that

My weight can be balanced with yours?

Distance, which is length, is held on a scale that can be called a judgment of balance. The poet, who tries to get close enough to "you" to be worthy, nearly loses her balance, and the distance she falls just short is painful.

But if I put my heart on the plate

My body must go to the very tip of the pole.

The poet clearly sees love as the whole existence, with the heart and body blending together. If either is lost, it is no longer love.

Equilibrium is when two forces meet, intersect, and stabilize at a certain rest point, but once achieved, it is fragile and fleeting. The balance of love born from emotions and hearts that continue to fluctuate delicately is even more sudden.

The moment of equilibrium be broken

When this world, trembling and still, is about to burst with a sound.

For your innocence, which is as heavy as my madness.

The scales of love, with innocence on one plate and madness on the other, tip heavily to one side, without even Garcia Marquez being the problem.