Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音

FAREWELL

Didn’t know you well,

and now never will.

In this divergence,

the voyage taken

becomes the loneliest.

You left a map,

with the stars marked

by ancient hands.

Our eyes remain dry.

Aye, raise your rum:

A toast to your future

seeds, blooming wild

in quiet coves elsewhere.

(Image: From Spirited Away (2001), Studio Ghibli)