Life that shouldn’t be Born
The two of them met in one of the countless summers.
What kind of influence did the interpretation of the Laurants have on the girl?
Life...
“It’s me, Takahiko…”
“Oh, you’re there already?”
“Sorry, let me bring the car over real quick. Just wait a moment!”
“It’s been a long time since we’ve last met. The last time was…“
“Auntie’s seventh deathday…?”
“Wait, what was that noise?”
“Are you okay, Tsukhito?”
“Hey, can you hear me, Tsukhito?”
On a summer day, I chanced upon you
And I’ve decided that I’ll wait for you in the future
After taking the <Kuze teaching certification exam> again
When I transferred to middle school
The city’s board of education was kind to me
But I could not say the same of the prefectural board
So I took <the Nagioka Prefecture Public High School teaching certification exam> again
“Hey, Himeko.”
“Teacher!?”
“What a hot and humid night.”
“Yeah-”
“But I guess it’s always summer here.”
“...”
“The four seasons of Akitsu all make me sentimental,
But I love the season when I met you the most.”
“And more than anything, [cicadas] really get me in the feels!
They lie in the dark underground, waiting for years for their turn on the stage,
But have to bow out as soon as they emerge! Hahahahaha!”
“How joyful-”
Your eyes tangled with the summer grass
Reminded me…of someone else-
Tenrei 15 February
But I can’t recall…
In this <⛩️orizon>where I have <Lost or Forgotten>
[The existence of Love] or the [meaning of being born] in a life that goes around
Why do I still feel a nostalgic light!?
The wavering star behind him
Was so very beautiful
And so I counted those nights
Like the empty husks of fallen cicadas
There is nothing I want taken from me
There is nothing I want to take
And there never was
And there never was
I realize this now
I realize this now
“Sakuya Himeko…you’re all but empty inside, so why are you looking at me like that!? Your circumstances are what many would consider misfortune!! Just how much are you coping that you can make that face!? I won’t accept this…I’ll never accept this!!! I’ll never accept…the existence of love!”
Perhaps you have gone down the wrong visiting path
In an attempt to reach a <story> of <his (for convenience’s sake)> birth?
[Sakuya Himeko] bore life at the end of karma;
But its cries will never reach the heavens…
Life that shouldn’t be Born