ちいさな金魚

「君はいなくなるのかい？」 黒い目をした魚 横たわる友をつつく 幾度も 幾度も... きっと疲れたんだね 揺蕩う水面に身体を委ねて じっとその時を待つ じっとその時を待つ その時を待つ その時を待つ その時を... ボクが思っているより ずっと想いを感じて それは想像以上に 愛なんだね たぶんね 四角く透明な箱に 18リットルの水 そこが世界の全て 全て。 時を忘れ 眺める先には 彼らしか知りえない 優しさが詰まってて 罪悪感と尊さを握りしめる 握りしめ 握りしめ ちいさな金魚 ちいさな金魚 ちいさな金魚 ちいさな金魚 -EN- “Are you going to be gone?” A fish with black eyes nudges a friend lying on its side, again and again... You must be tired, letting your body drift on the wavering surface. Motionless, you wait for that moment. Motionless, you wait for that moment. You wait for that moment. You wait for that moment. For that moment... More than I ever thought, you feel so much— more than I imagined, it’s love, probably. In a square, transparent box, eighteen liters of water— that is the whole world. All of it. Losing track of time, and in the view before me there’s a kindness only they can know. I clutch my guilt and that preciousness, holding tight— little goldfish little goldfish little goldfish little goldfish