Not being needed by anyone, or not needing anyone else.
Which of them is closer to [loneliness]?
A piece of glasswork protecting itself by harboring no desire or expectation.
Maybe I should come to terms with it first before someone else forces me to.
The [shadow] so obviously cast by this [light], that is…
[He] has always feigned indifference,
But I think he was looking at [someone else] through me.
And when I realized that he’d given up on me,
It felt just a little bit lonely.
Just kidding, I was never good at these complicated topics. And I’m not lonely at all.
I am an individual needed by this shrine and this <horizon>, after all!