Dream Bigger, Go Further

SECTION 1
　When I was a child,/my grandmother told me/that money can disappear.// She owned a company on Karafuto,/now called Sakhalin,/but lost it/when the Soviet Army invaded.// She said,/“If you have money,/you should buy books/because you will profit from the knowledge/they give you.”//
　I watched the Apollo moon landing on TV/with my grandfather.// I was impressed/by how thrilled he was.// I wanted to delight him again,/so I purchased a book about rockets/and showed it to him.// He smiled.// My grandfather’s smile was/behind my dream.//