This is a child who wants to live an interesting life. My favourite tune is "To Hope and to Hand On" by Joe Hisaishi.

The tender resolve in that piece of music touched me profoundly for a time.

And so for that reason my wish — on the occasion of my fourteenth birthday — was to be able to imbue this collection of poetry of mine with exactly the same kind of force.

Over a long period of time in my life it gave me hope, and it guided and inspired my thinking.

And I, by way of repayment, poured a sincerity of burning intensity into each and every poem.

Having finished the manuscript, I was filled with the hope that this collection would mean something to others — it is not only a personal world, unique to me.

I wish that every individual on this earth could somehow manage to come across the thing they most love in the world,

And, in the same way that I write poetry, embrace this most carefree of worlds.