Water
by Hideo Yokokawa
1
Phyllis, would you mind coming and sitting
down over here?
It'll be nice to see neon tetras living in
the glass vase on
the sideboard in the next room. It is the
best view in the
space of this house. In the water and out of
the water,
this there and that here, both living.
Standing next to the chair where Phyllis is
sitting, Nick says,
"Yes, the fish look enlarged and twisted"
I laugh lightly, and
The three of us laugh each laughing
similarly.
2
After visiting five Rinzai temples by
sightseeing bus in Kyoto.
Are you tired?
No.
Okay, then, we will visit Kiyomizu by taxi
tonight, I heard the
temple was very beautiful by the lights at
night.
Is it so? Okay.
After supper, leaving Phyllis in the hotel
alone,
I went outside to enjoy drinking, getting
relaxed. And then,
In the taxi, I sang White Christmas in a
loud voice all the way.
We left the car in the parking space below
the temple,
While the taxi driver followed,
Mutually we repeated frequently Wonderful.
So nice. Beautiful.
Sometime I hummed the song "over the rich
field of Ishikari,
wild geese fly ....."
Coming down from the stage to the pond at
the right side,
All of a sudden, the water surface shining
in gold, silver, green, red.
Upside down. Inside out!
Shouted I!
Phyllis stopped, unmoving, gazing at the too
beautiful water surface.
3
We went to Nara the next day.
In front of the Daibutsu temple,
I took a picture with borrowed camera
Of the water surface of the pond mirroring
the autumnal tints of trees -
Only One picture I took during the trip.
4
Memories
Remain.
5
We will disappear
Calmly
With dignity.
( for L. P. Nicoleand their friends )