【Poem】Family Doctor

Trusting anyone but my parents is dangerous.
Even so, cornered,
I cling to a certain doctor.
The doctor, as if it were nothing,
never loses their smile
and writes what is needed
to resolve my troubles.
“Don’t worry.
 If you need it again,
 I’ll write it anytime.”
The examination is brief.
After that, disconnected talk continues.
I only nod along
and keep listening.

“Trust no one.”
The memory of a man who once abandoned me flashes through my mind.
“Even that person might betray you.”
I cut ties with the one who said that.

Still, I rely on the doctor
for my own life.
Unable to live any other way.

English translation: AI-assisted translation from my original Japanese poem.