One Day Adult

A long time ago,
When I was a child,
You took me to the unknown place suddenly.
You asked me to greet the old man
who was seriously ill and grip his hand tightly.
You were looking at the outside green scenery to wait for me.

I could not ask who he was to you,
who are not in this world anymore.

My memory is still soaked into the old smell
of the wooden floor shined black in that house.
I remember of you of that day whenever I pass a similar old house.

I understood your different atmosphere
and I became an one day adult for you who became a weak child.

(c)2009 Takako