彼女は街灯の下で追いかけっこをしている。一番長い影を探しながら思い出す、たくさんのあの時のこと。それはやがてダンスに変わる。満足は、オレンジ色のミラーボールが照らしてくれる。やりきれなさは、これからの約束にする。ひとりでもひとりじゃないって、とっくに知っているから彼女は笑う。夜風がダンスを続ける彼女の手を取って、道の真ん中へ連れて行く。角を曲がる車のライトに一瞬照らされ、彼女と影は向かい合わせ。これで何度目？応えない影の代わりに、近くの家の電気がついた。どんな私が、君は一番見たいの？草木が影を冷やかすように揺らめいて、彼女は沈黙に浸って天を仰ぐ。流星を見つける。影だけがその拍子に動く。影は初めて自分が動けることを知る。影は少しずつ自分の大きさを変えてみる。濃度を変えてみる。体積を変えてみる。そこで知る。自分はどうしたって彼女から生えている。どんな君なら、私は幸せ？クラクションがどこかで鳴って、彼女は影を見失う。オレンジ色は届かない。彼女たちは重なっている。走り出す。追いかける。振り切れないのを知っていながら。

Shadows

She is playing chase under a city lamp. Searching for the longest shadow, she remembers many memories of that time. Eventually, it turns into a dance. Satisfaction is illuminated by an orange mirror ball. The disappointment is a promise for the future. She smiles because she already knows that even though she is alone, she is not alone. The night breeze takes her hand as she continues to dance and leads her to the middle of the street. She and her shadow face each other, momentarily illuminated by the lights of a car turning the corner. How many times has this happened? Instead of the shadow not responding, the lights of a nearby house turned on. What kind of me do you most want to see? The grass and trees swayed to cool the shadows, and she looked up to the sky, dipping into silence. She finds a meteor. Only the shadow moves with the beat of it. For the first time, the shadow knows what it can move. The shadow tries to change its size little by little. It changes its density. It changes its volume. And there it knows. No matter what, I am growing from her. What kind of you would make me happy? A car horn honks somewhere and she loses sight of the shadows. The orange color does not reach her. The girls overlap. She starts to run. Chasing. Despite knowing she can't shake them off.