"Your Own Sensitivity, At Least"

Don't blame your withering heart 

On other people

You neglected to water your own plants

Don't blame your impatience 

On your best friend

Who's really the one that lacks tolerance?

Don't blame your frustration 

On your parents

Anything and everything is due to your own lack of skill

Don't blame your loss of innocence

On the way you have lived

Your will was weak from the start

Don't blame the times

For whatever is useless in you

You yourself abandoned the light of dignity

The least you can do

Is defend

Your own sensitivity

You fool!

Noriko Ibaraki, 1926-2006