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Richard Viaさんに
弟さんで詩人でもあるBernardさんが
捧げたもの
Richardさんはぼくの恩師で ハワイはオアフ在住
言葉と心の自由さを求めるのが詩の世界なら
これぞ詩という感じだなあ
○×人間になりがちなぼくたちに
心洗われるような言葉の数々を送ってくれる
I AM MANY
for Richard
I was a few,
The years have made me many.
I am more, I am less.
I am my memories.
I am my unfulfilled desires.
I am the work I have done.
I am my loves.
Inside me is the child,
and the youth,
and vigorous manhood,
and creeping old age.
The evidence is there
Like tree rings,
To be revealed when cut near the root.
When the child jumps out,
Let there be no surprise,
Whether second hood or hundredth,
Or no distress when
the youth swings
To push the limits again
Or in a pretense of manly vigor
there is an attempt at holy crusade.
There are so many yesterdays that I appear old.
Inside I am young.
I almost became fully mature
but there are lingering dreams,
And I am Many.
Bernard S. Via. Jr.
January 2007
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