❧ homage to a song of Mika Nakashima’s
I used to think that I had better die,
Because I couldn’t tie a lace of shoe;
The more I thought so, I would harder try.
When by the piers the seagulls called in sky,
Which lingered over ocean wavelets blue,
I used to think that I had better die.
To try to get to somewhere faraway,
I take the train amidst the mountain view;
The more I think of it, the harder try.
Beneath the plum tree blossoming I lie,
As if I am a rotten petal too,
The time I think that I had better die.
If only we had passed each other by,
If there were some good-hearted ones as you.
The more I think of it, the harder try.
Your radiant smile did make me want to cry,
To live another day in hopes; it’s true
I try to stop the thought that I should die,
But more I think so, as I harder try.
❧ Feb 7, 2021