2024/03/15

When I woke this morning and lay dozing, this was the song that came to mind.
2016/5/30
When I woke this morning and lay dozing, this was the song that came to mind.
The following is a piece I wrote in my hospital room and shared with the world on August 7, 2011, during my eight-month hospitalization for a serious, life-threatening illness.
For someone from Sendai, August 7 immediately brings to mind the day of Tanabata.
Simply knowing that I was writing this piece on that day fills me with profound emotion.
Yesterday, living as I do by going to sleep around the same time as the little birds and waking around the same time as they do, I woke as usual—or rather, a little earlier—before five.
As I lay dozing in bed, wondering whether it was still a little too early, a song came to mind.
It was John Lennon’s ♪Isolation♪.
As I wondered what song would come next, “God” began to play.
My goodness, what a special song had come to me.
Now, I must find a truly special photograph worthy of this song.
But at the same time, I also remembered my friend’s words from yesterday.
“I thought the photographs were precious, or something along those lines.”
Yes, I thought once again.
This article will continue.