DOOM #1

A windless night gradually disappears.
In this room where the sun can’t be seen, night and morning are just one thing.

Singing of a bird from somewhere spills through the gaps in the blinds.
I get up from bed trying to pick it up.
Then the floor was littered with letters folded in four.
When I picked up one of them and opened it, it was a window.
Letters on the glass that seem to be written at night.
It seems to be a special hidden character that only emerges in the light of the moon.
I put the letter in my left pocket.

I’m sure we need to prepare by the time the next night comes.
All my joints make a rattling noise like a caterpillar and begin to seek light.

どこかから鳥の鳴き声が流れ
ブラインドの隙間から零れ落ちる
わたしはそれを拾い上げようと
ベッドから起き上がる
すると床には４つに折り畳まれた
手紙が散らばっていた
その１つを手に取って
開けてみると、窓
ガラスに夜に書かれたらしい文字
月の光でなければ浮かび上がらない
特殊な隠し文字らしい
左ポケットに手紙をしまい込む

次の夜が来るまでに
きっと準備が必要なのだ
わたしの関節たちが一斉に
キャタピラーのように
カタカタと音を立て
光を求めはじめる