The Sound of Seasons Touching

Shimmer, Breeze The ripples spreading across the lake must have made a very small sound too. The sound of the changing seasons is heard separately from water and land.

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Late Frost

At the tip of a persimmon branch dried by autumn sun, a late-ripened persimmon swayed in the wind and fell. That sound, too, must have been the footsteps of the season changing.

Ridgeline

When the maple leaf on the lake was drifting in circles, I saw the wind pushing the ripples from afar. Until it reached the ginkgo tree on the other side, I was holding my breath.

Sunpatch

Sitting by the window, the autumn light stretches long across the floor. That warm spot stays just as it is for a while.

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