1.Like the light closing off,
2.Even though the number of people I can’t meet increases,
3.I never became an adult,
4.I can’t tell that to anyone.5.
6.So many wonderful things, important things,
7.More than I can carry,
8.Even though I received them.9.
10.Tracing clouds with my fingertips,
11.To you, who draws things I can no longer see,
12.Even if there
13.Are words to say,
14.I probably can’t find them.15.
16.Even if I don’t remember asking for it,
17.I know I’ve been protected.
18.I can’t do it myself,
19.But I wish and pray for you to be gentle.20.
21.I’m not suited for it,
22.I lack everything,
23.I don’t even know how to give up,
24.Yet, I’m here.25.
26.Even if it’s a rainbow drawn on a paper mache,
27.Even if it’s a baton stained with handprints,
28.If I can find
29.One thing to pass on,
30.Would I be able to hold my head up a bit?31.
32.At the end page
33.Of the closed picture book,
34.Whose life is this?
35.Whose life is this?36.
37.Whose life is this? Whose life is this? Whose life is this?38.
39.Your pure white future,
40.Still pure white,
41.So you can paint it with your colors.42.
43.Tracing clouds with my fingertips,
44.To you, who draws things I can no longer see,
45.Even if there
46.Are words to say,
47.I probably can’t find them.48.
49.But someday, if you wish
50.To make someone happy somehow,
51.On that day,
52.If I can laugh and nod,
53.Wouldn’t that be enough?
54.I think so.
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