──────────── 🎶 Produced by TOOone ──────────── 🎵Music : TOOone with SUMO v5.5 🎵Remix : TOOone 🎧 Genre Styling: [slowcore] ✖ [ alternative R&B ] ✖ indietronical] 🌳 🎨 Cover Art Plan: TOOone 🖌️ Illustration: FLOW (nanoBANANA2) 🌳 🎬 Music Video: ・ movie:DomoAI ・Editing: Filmora 15 ──────────── LINE送ったの 気づいてくれたのね。 帰りはいっしょに けやき通り散歩しよう。 けやきが大好きなの 木のなかでいちばん “木”そのものを 体現してるから。 冬のあいだは骨格だけで 木の抽象画みたいに立っている。 そして今ごろ 全国各地のけやき通りで 淡い若葉をひらきはじめる。 目立たないほど小さな花。 でもちゃんと五月の風に揺れてる。 「ああ、生きものなんだな」って 毎年すこしだけ思い出させる。 そしてけやきは 多少ぞんざいに扱われても あまりへこたれない。 たぶん全国の道路計画で 「並木は、まあ けやきが無難でしょうな」 みたいな会議を通過して、 名前も 「じゃあ、けやき通りで」 と、書類の余白みたいに 決まっていった気がする。 たくさんのハンコと引き換えに 春になると ちゃんと青葉をつける。 夏は日陰、秋は落ち葉 そうね 四季暦（しきごよみ）の木。 とくに五月は 若芽と 可憐な花の季節。 名づけるなら 欅月（けやきづき） 若芽と 可憐な花の季節。 名づけるなら 欅月（けやきづき） I noticed you saw my LINE message. Let’s walk home together along Keyaki Street. I love zelkova trees. Out of all trees, they somehow feel the most like “a tree” itself — as if they embody the very idea of tree-ness. Through winter, they stand there with only their bare structure, like abstract drawings made of branches. And around this season, on “Keyaki Streets” all across Japan, they begin opening their pale young leaves. Their flowers are so small you could almost miss them, but they’re there, swaying properly in the May wind. Every year they remind me, just a little, “Oh right… this is a living thing.” And zelkovas are sturdy. Even when treated a bit carelessly, they don’t seem too discouraged. I imagine countless city-planning meetings somewhere, where someone casually said, “Well… zelkova trees are probably the safest choice for street trees,” and the name too was decided just as casually: “Alright then — Keyaki Street.” As if it were merely a blank space on some document, approved in exchange for stacks of official seals. And yet, when spring comes, they put out fresh green leaves all the same. Completely indifferent to human circumstances, they remain one of the trees of the seasonal calendar. Especially in May — the season of delicate buds and tiny graceful flowers. If I were to give this season a name, I’d call it “Keyaki-zuki” — the month of zelkova, the season of young leaves and quiet little blossoms. If I were to name it at all, it would be Keyaki-zuki.
