Traveler. I follow roads where thought forgets its map. In foreign corners, silence speaks, knowledge wakes, and something within me arrives before I do.

Trieste, a city between
Joined March 2020
Mid-Journey โ€” Years ago, in graduate school, I studied travel and mobility. But the research was never only theoretical. I was also traveling โ€” watching how movement, borders, and small encounters shape ordinary lives. Those thoughts slowly became small fragments on Twitter. Each one began with the same words: ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ โ€” Mid-Journey. There were 365 of them. In 2023 they became a small book. Now I am walking that road again, turning those fragments into poems โ€” one each day until December 31. 365 fragments of a road. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ โ€” ใšใ„ใถใ‚“ๅ‰ใ€ๅคงๅญฆ้™ขใงใƒœใ‚ฏใฏๆ—…ใจ็งปๅ‹•ใซใคใ„ใฆ็ ”็ฉถใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใงใ‚‚ใใ‚Œใฏ็†่ซ–ใ ใ‘ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฎŸ้š›ใซๆ—…ใ‚’ใ—ใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€็งปๅ‹•ใ‚„ๅขƒ็•Œใ€ใใ—ใฆๅฐใ•ใชๅ‡บไผšใ„ใŒไบบใฎ็”Ÿๆดปใ‚’ใฉใ†ๅฝขใฅใใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚’่ฆ‹ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใฎๆ€่€ƒใฏใ‚„ใŒใฆใ€Twitterใซๆ›ธใๅฐใ•ใชๆ–ญ็‰‡ใธใจๅค‰ใ‚ใฃใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใฉใฎๆ–ญ็‰‡ใ‚‚ๅŒใ˜่จ€่‘‰ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅง‹ใพใ‚Šใพใ™ใ€‚ ใ€Œๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ€ ๅ…จ้ƒจใง365ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใฏ2023ๅนดใซไธ€ๅ†Šใฎๆœฌใซใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ—ใฆไปŠใ€ใƒœใ‚ฏใฏใใฎ้“ใ‚’ใ‚‚ใ†ไธ€ๅบฆๆญฉใใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใ‚’่ฉฉใธใจๆ›ธใ็›ดใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ 12ๆœˆ31ๆ—ฅใพใงใ€ๆฏŽๆ—ฅใฒใจใคใ€‚ 365ใฎ้“ใฎๆ–ญ็‰‡ใ€‚
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#vss365 #sneakers ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” I came home after dark, sat beside the door, and loosened my travel-worn sneakers. From a narrow groove in one sole, a tiny white pebble slipped freeโ€”โ€” one clear note in the sleeping house. It was small enough to hide beneath my thumbnail, smooth on one side, rough on the other. I turned it slowly in my palm, trying to remember which road had lent it to me. No road came back. I placed it on the windowsill. Beyond the glass, the familiar street shone faintly after rain. Inside, a small piece of somewhere else rested quietly in the dark. At dawn, a narrow beam of sunlight crossed the sill and touched the stone. The room was no larger than before, yet somewhere within it, a distant road began againโ€”โ€” as though my journey had arrived a little later than I had. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ‹ใ‚‰ๆ—ฅใŒๆšฎใ‚Œใฆๅธฐๅฎ…ใ—ใŸๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€็Ž„้–ขใฎ่„‡ใซ่…ฐใ‚’ไธ‹ใ‚ใ—ใ€ๆ—…ใงๅฑฅใๅคใ—ใŸใ‚นใƒ‹ใƒผใ‚ซใƒผใฎ็ดใ‚’ใปใฉใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็‰‡ๆ–นใฎ้ดๅบ•ใฎ็ดฐใ„ๆบใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€ๅฐใ•ใช็™ฝใ„็ŸณใŒใ“ใผใ‚Œ่ฝใกใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็œ ใ‚Šใซใคใ„ใŸๅฎถใฎไธญใซใ€ๆพ„ใ‚“ใ ้ŸณใŒไธ€ใคใ ใ‘้Ÿฟใใพใ™ใ€‚ ่ฆชๆŒ‡ใฎ็ˆชใซ้š ใ‚Œใฆใ—ใพใ†ใปใฉๅฐใ•ใช็Ÿณใงใ—ใŸใ€‚็‰‡ๅดใฏๆป‘ใ‚‰ใ‹ใงใ€ใ‚‚ใ†็‰‡ๅดใฏใ–ใ‚‰ใคใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใใฎ็Ÿณใ‚’ๆ‰‹ใฎใฒใ‚‰ใงใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจ่ปขใŒใ—ใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€ใ„ใฃใŸใ„ใฉใฎ้“ใŒใ€ใ“ใฎ็Ÿณใ‚’่‡ชๅˆ†ใซ่ฒธใ—ใฆใใ‚ŒใŸใฎใ ใ‚ใ†ใจๆ€ใ„ๅ‡บใใ†ใจใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ใ€ใฉใฎ้“ใ‚‚่จ˜ๆ†ถใซใฏๆˆปใฃใฆใใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅฐ็Ÿณใ‚’็ช“่พบใซ็ฝฎใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็ช“ใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใงใฏใ€้›จไธŠใŒใ‚Šใฎ่ฆ‹ๆ…ฃใ‚ŒใŸ่ก—่ทฏใŒๆทกใๅ…‰ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚้ƒจๅฑ‹ใฎไธญใงใฏใ€ใฉใ“ใ‹้ ใ„ๅ ดๆ‰€ใฎๅฐใ•ใชใ‹ใ‘ใ‚‰ใŒใ€ๆš—ใŒใ‚Šใฎไธญใง้™ใ‹ใซไผ‘ใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ๅคœใŒๆ˜Žใ‘ใ‚‹ใจใ€็ดฐใ„ไธ€็ญ‹ใฎๆœๆ—ฅใŒ็ช“่พบใ‚’ๆจชๅˆ‡ใ‚Šใ€ๅฐ็Ÿณใซ่งฆใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้ƒจๅฑ‹ใŒไปฅๅ‰ใ‚ˆใ‚ŠๅบƒใใชใฃใŸใ‚ใ‘ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใชใฎใซใ€ใใฎ้ƒจๅฑ‹ใฎใฉใ“ใ‹ใงใ€้ ใ„็•ฐ้ƒทใฎ้“ใŒๅ†ใณๅง‹ใพใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ใพใ‚‹ใงๆ—…ใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใŒใ€ๆ—…ไบบใ‚ˆใ‚Šใ‚‚ๅฐ‘ใ—้…ใ‚ŒใฆๅธฐใฃใฆใใŸใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ™ใ€‚
#vss365 #prompt #sneakers Yesterday we all won the lottery. What great stories. Now lace up your sneakers, real or imagined, and see where you'll take off today. I'll be right there with you.
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#MidJourney365 #ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ365 ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” beneath a yellow lamp, I unfolded a map worn thin at its creases. I marked the towns where I had rested, then joined them with straight lines along the edge of a ruler. Months of wandering became a handful of quiet strokes of graphite. Not one remembered where the road had turned. Yet between those lines and the winding roads my feet remembered, another geography lay hidden. There was the hillside I climbed twice because a stranger had mistaken east for west, the doorway where I sheltered from sudden rain, the market where an old woman pressed an orange into my palm without asking where I came from. None of these had earned a dot upon the map. Yet those unmarked detours had carried me farther than the straight lines could ever tell. I laid the ruler aside. In the silence between the lines, I began to give the forgotten roads their voicesโ€”โ€” rain whispering against a roof, the warmth of an orange in my hand, a stranger calling out from a distant turning. And as the words unfolded, the roads began to open beneath my feet. The rain fell once more. The orange warmed my empty hand. Beyond the market, a narrow path appeared that I could not remember ever taking. I looked down. The map was still upon the desk, its straight lines undisturbed. The towns remained exactly where they had been. Yet somewhere between those lines, I was walking againโ€”โ€” first through places I remembered, then beyond the last turning of memory, toward a place my footsteps had never reached. I had unfolded the map to tell the story of a journey. But somewhere between its lines, the story had become a road, and I was no longer merely telling the journeyโ€”โ€” I was journeying through the story. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎ้ป„่‰ฒใ„ใƒฉใƒณใƒ—ใฎไธ‹ใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆŠ˜ใ‚Š็›ฎใฎๆ“ฆใ‚Šๅˆ‡ใ‚ŒใŸๅœฐๅ›ณใ‚’ๅบƒใ’ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้“ไธญใง่ถณใ‚’ไผ‘ใ‚ใŸ็”บใ€…ใซๅฐใ‚’ใคใ‘ใ€ๅฎš่ฆใฎ็ธใซๆฒฟใฃใฆใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใ‚’็›ด็ทšใง็ตใ‚“ใงใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ไฝ•ใ‹ๆœˆใซใ‚‚ใ‚ใŸใ‚‹ๆ”พๆตชใŒใ€้‰›็ญ†ใงๅผ•ใ‹ใ‚ŒใŸใ€ใ‚ใšใ‹ๆ•ฐๆœฌใฎ้™ใ‹ใช็ทšใซใชใฃใฆใ—ใพใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎใฉใ‚Œใ‚‚ใ€้“ใŒใฉใ“ใงๆ›ฒใŒใฃใฆใ„ใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚’่ฆšใˆใฆใฏใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใฎ็›ด็ทšใจใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ถณใŒ่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใ‚‹ๆ›ฒใŒใ‚ŠใใญใฃใŸ้“ใจใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใซใฏใ€ใ‚‚ใ†ไธ€ใคใฎๅœฐ็†ใŒ้š ใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆฑใจ่ฅฟใ‚’ๅ–ใ‚Š้•ใˆใŸ่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไบบใฎๆกˆๅ†…ใงใ€ไบŒๅบฆใ‚‚็™ปใ‚‹ใ“ใจใซใชใฃใŸไธ˜ใ€‚็ช็„ถใฎ้›จใ‚’้ฟใ‘ใŸๅฎถใฎ่ป’ๅ…ˆใ€‚ใฉใ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ๆฅใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ๅฐ‹ใญใšใซใ€่€ๅฉ†ใŒไธ€ใคใฎใ‚ชใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธใ‚’ๆ‰‹ใฎใฒใ‚‰ใซๆŠผใ—่พผใ‚“ใงใใ‚ŒใŸๅธ‚ๅ ดใ€‚ ใใฎใฉใ‚Œใ‚‚ใŒใ€ๅœฐๅ›ณใฎไธŠใซไธ€ใคใฎ็‚นใ‚’ไธŽใˆใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ใ€ๅœฐๅ›ณใซ่จ˜ใ•ใ‚Œใชใ‹ใฃใŸใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใฎๅ›žใ‚Š้“ใฏใ€ใฉใ‚“ใช็›ด็ทšใ‚‚่ชžใ‚Šๅพ—ใชใ„ใปใฉ้ ใใพใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใ‚’้‹ใ‚“ใงใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅฎš่ฆใ‚’่„‡ใซ็ฝฎใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ—ใฆใ€็ทšใจ็ทšใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใฎๆฒˆ้ป™ใฎใชใ‹ใงใ€ๅฟ˜ใ‚Œใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใŸ้“ใซๅฃฐใ‚’ไธŽใˆๅง‹ใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅฑ‹ๆ นใซ้™ใ‚Šใใใ้›จใฎใ•ใ•ใ‚„ใใ€‚ๆ‰‹ใฎใฒใ‚‰ใซๆฎ‹ใ‚‹ใ‚ชใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธใฎๆธฉใ‚‚ใ‚Šใ€‚้ ใใฎๆ›ฒใŒใ‚Š่ง’ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅ‘ผใณใ‹ใ‘ใ‚‹่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไบบใฎๅฃฐใ€‚ ่จ€่‘‰ใŒ็ดกใŒใ‚Œใฆใ„ใใซใคใ‚Œใฆใ€้“ใŒๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ถณๅ…ƒใซ้–‹ใๅง‹ใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้›จใŒๅ†ใณ้™ใ‚Šๅ‡บใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ไธ€ใคใฎใ‚ชใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธใŒใ€็ฉบใฃใฝใ ใฃใŸๆ‰‹ใฎใฒใ‚‰ใ‚’ๆธฉใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅธ‚ๅ ดใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใซใฏใ€ใ‹ใคใฆๆญฉใ„ใŸ่ฆšใˆใฎใชใ„็ดฐใ„ๅฐๅพ„ใŒ็พใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏ็›ฎใ‚’่ฝใจใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅœฐๅ›ณใฏ็›ธๅค‰ใ‚ใ‚‰ใšๆœบใฎไธŠใซๅบƒใ’ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ€ใใฎ็›ด็ทšใฏๅฐ‘ใ—ใ‚‚ๅค‰ใ‚ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚็”บใ€…ใ‚‚ใ€ๅ…ƒใฎๅ ดๆ‰€ใซใใฎใพใพๆฎ‹ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ใ€ใใฎ็ทšใจ็ทšใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใฎใฉใ“ใ‹ใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅ†ใณๆญฉใๅง‹ใ‚ใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅˆใ‚ใฏใ€่จ˜ๆ†ถใซๆฎ‹ใ‚‹ๅœŸๅœฐใ‚’ใŸใฉใ‚ŠใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€‚ ใ‚„ใŒใฆใ€่จ˜ๆ†ถใฎๆœ€ๅพŒใฎๆ›ฒใŒใ‚Š่ง’ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใฆใ€‚ ใ‹ใคใฆใฎ่ถณ่ทกใŒใ€ไธ€ๅบฆใ‚‚ใŸใฉใ‚Š็€ใ‹ใชใ‹ใฃใŸๅ ดๆ‰€ใธๅ‘ใ‹ใฃใฆใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ๆ—…ใ‚’็‰ฉ่ชžใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใซๅœฐๅ›ณใ‚’ๅบƒใ’ใŸใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ใ€ใ„ใคใ—ใ‹ใใฎ็ทšใจ็ทšใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใงใ€็‰ฉ่ชžใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใŒไธ€ๆœฌใฎ้“ใจใชใ‚Šใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ‚‚ใฏใ‚„ใ€ใŸใ ๆ—…ใ‚’็‰ฉ่ชžใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€็‰ฉ่ชžใ‚’ๆ—…ใ—ใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
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#MidJourney365 #ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ365 ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at seven seventeen, the mountain mist had swallowed the fork in the road. I unfolded my map once more, but its careful blue lines knew nothing of the whiteness before me. A woman came down the slope, firewood bound across her shoulders, the scent of smoke lingering in her shawl. When I asked which way led to the valley, she pointed uphill, toward the longer path. "Beyond the bend, there's a spring," she said. "Someone has left a cup beside it." Farther on, where the trail narrowed between loose stones and empty air, a man leading three llamas turned back from his own journey to guide me across a shallow stream. The animals waited, their breath rising like small clouds into the mountain cold. He asked for nothing, not even my name. At the spring, I found a dented tin cup resting on a stone beside the water. Its handle faced the path, as though an unseen hand had quietly welcomed whoever came next. I have met such nameless saints on countless roads through distant lands. Their wisdom was not born of never having lost their way, but of remembering how it felt to stand alone where every path seemed strange. They offered neither miracles nor salvation, only a gesture, a word, a few shared steps. Yet their detours led me through places no map had ever taught me to seek: a doorway opening in the rain, a conversation beyond the reach of language, a silence in which two strangers ceased, for a moment, to be strangers. And somewhere along those winding roads, without a shrine, without an altar, the ordinary earth beneath my feet became a sanctuary. For the sacred had never waited at the end of any journey. It arose whenever a path turned toward another human being, whenever someone chose to walk farther so that another might not walk alone. Even now, when strangers ask me the way, I cannot always tell them where to go. The mountains remain vast, and the roads still disappear into mist. But I remember the spring, and the cup someone had left there, its handle turned toward the road. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ€ๅˆๅ‰7ๆ™‚17ๅˆ†ใ€ๅฑฑใฎ้œงใŒ้“ใฎๅˆ†ๅฒ็‚นใ‚’ๅ‘‘ใฟ่พผใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ‚‚ใ†ไธ€ๅบฆๅœฐๅ›ณใ‚’ๅบƒใ’ใพใ—ใŸใŒใ€ใใ“ใซไธๅฏงใซๅผ•ใ‹ใ‚ŒใŸ้’ใ„็ทšใฏใ€็›ฎใฎๅ‰ใซๅบƒใŒใ‚‹็™ฝใ„ไธ–็•Œใซใคใ„ใฆไฝ•ใ‚‚ๆ•™ใˆใฆใฏใใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่–ชใฎๆŸใ‚’่‚ฉใซ่ƒŒ่ฒ ใฃใŸใฒใจใ‚Šใฎๅฅณๆ€งใŒใ€ๅ‚้“ใ‚’ไธ‹ใ‚Šใฆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่‚ฉๆŽ›ใ‘ใซใฏ็„šใ็ซใฎ็…™ใฎๅŒ‚ใ„ใŒๆฎ‹ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใŒ่ฐทใธไธ‹ใ‚Šใ‚‹้“ใ‚’ๅฐ‹ใญใ‚‹ใจใ€ๅฝผๅฅณใฏ้€†ใซใ€ๅฑฑใ‚’็™ปใฃใฆใ„ใ้ ๅ›žใ‚Šใฎ้“ใ‚’ๆŒ‡ๅทฎใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ€Œๆ›ฒใŒใ‚Š่ง’ใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใซๆณ‰ใŒใ‚ใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ€ใจๅฝผๅฅณใฏ่จ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ€Œ่ชฐใ‹ใŒใใฎใใฐใซใ‚ณใƒƒใƒ—ใ‚’็ฝฎใ„ใฆใใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‚“ใ ใ€‚ใ€ ใ•ใ‚‰ใซ้€ฒใ‚€ใจใ€ๅดฉใ‚Œใ‚„ใ™ใ„็Ÿณใจๅˆ‡ใ‚Š็ซ‹ใฃใŸๅด–ใฎ้–“ใง็ดฐใใชใ‚‹ๅฑฑ้“ใซๅทฎใ—ใ‹ใ‹ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ“ใงไธ‰้ ญใฎใƒฉใƒžใ‚’ๅผ•ใ้€ฃใ‚ŒใŸ็”ทใŒใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใฎๆ—…่ทฏใ‚’ๅผ•ใ่ฟ”ใ—ใ€ๆต…็€ฌใ‚’ๆธกใ‚‹ๆ—…ไบบใฎ้“ๆกˆๅ†…ใ‚’ใ—ใฆใใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใƒฉใƒžใŸใกใฏ็ซ‹ใกๆญขใพใ‚Šใ€ใใฎ็™ฝใ„ๆฏใ‚’ๅฑฑใฎๅ†ทใŸใ„็ฉบๆฐ—ใฎไธญใซๅฐใ•ใช้›ฒใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซ็ซ‹ใกไธŠใ‚‰ใ›ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็”ทใฏไฝ•ใฎ่ฆ‹่ฟ”ใ‚Šใ‚‚ๆฑ‚ใ‚ใšใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎๅๅ‰ใ•ใˆๅฐ‹ใญใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆณ‰ใซ่พฟใ‚Š็€ใใจใ€ๆฐด่พบใฎ็ŸณใฎไธŠใซใ€ๅฐ‘ใ—ใธใ“ใ‚“ใ ใƒ–ใƒชใ‚ญใฎใ‚ณใƒƒใƒ—ใŒ็ฝฎใ‹ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎๅ–ใฃๆ‰‹ใฏ้“ใฎๆ–นใ‚’ๅ‘ใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใพใ‚‹ใง่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌ่ชฐใ‹ใฎๆ‰‹ใŒใ€ใ‚ใจใ‹ใ‚‰ใ‚„ใฃใฆๆฅใ‚‹ๆ—…ไบบใ‚’้™ใ‹ใซ่ฟŽใˆๅ…ฅใ‚Œใ‚ˆใ†ใจใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€้ ใ„็•ฐ้ƒทใฎๆ•ฐใˆใใ‚Œใชใ„้“ใ€…ใงใ€ใ“ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๅใ‚‚ใชใ่–่€…ใŸใกใซๅ‡บไผšใฃใฆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฝผใ‚‰ใฎ็Ÿฅๆตใฏใ€้“ใซ่ฟทใฃใŸใ“ใจใŒใชใ„ใจใ„ใ†็ตŒ้จ“ใ‹ใ‚‰็”Ÿใพใ‚ŒใŸใฎใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ใฉใฎ้“ใ‚‚่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌใ‚‚ใฎใซๆ€ใˆใ‚‹ๅ ดๆ‰€ใซใ€ใŸใฃใŸใฒใจใ‚Šใง็ซ‹ใกๅฐฝใใ™ใ“ใจใฎๅฟƒ็ดฐใ•ใ‚’ใ€ไปŠใ‚‚่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‹ใ‚‰็”Ÿใพใ‚Œใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅฝผใ‚‰ใŒๅทฎใ—ๅ‡บใ—ใŸใฎใฏใ€ๅฅ‡่ทกใงใ‚‚ๆ•‘ๆธˆใงใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใŸใ ใฒใจใคใฎ่บซๆŒฏใ‚Šใ€ใฒใจใ“ใจใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใ€ใ‚ใ‚‹ใ„ใฏใจใ‚‚ใซๆญฉใใ‚ใšใ‹ใช้“ใฎใ‚Šใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ใ€ๅฝผใ‚‰ใซๅฐŽใ‹ใ‚ŒใŸ่ฟ‚ๅ›ž่ทฏใฏใ€ใฉใ‚“ใชๅœฐๅ›ณใ‚‚ๆ•™ใˆใฆใใ‚Œใชใ‹ใฃใŸๅ ดๆ‰€ใธใจๆ—…ไบบใ‚’้€ฃใ‚Œใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้›จใฎไธญใง้–‹ใ‹ใ‚Œใ‚‹ไธ€ๆžšใฎๆ‰‰ใ€‚่จ€่‘‰ใฎๅฑŠใ‹ใชใ„ใจใ“ใ‚ใงไบคใ‚ใ•ใ‚Œใ‚‹ไผš่ฉฑใ€‚ใใ—ใฆใ€่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌ่€…ๅŒๅฃซใŒใปใ‚“ใฎใฒใจใจใใ€ใ‚‚ใฏใ‚„่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌ่€…ใงใฏใชใใชใ‚‹ๆฒˆ้ป™ใ€‚ ใใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๆ›ฒใŒใ‚ŠใใญใฃใŸ้“ใฎใฉใ“ใ‹ใงใ€็ฅžๆฎฟใ‚‚็ฅญๅฃ‡ใ‚‚ใชใ„ใพใพใซใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ถณๅ…ƒใซๅบƒใŒใ‚‹ใ‚ใ‚Šใตใ‚ŒใŸๅคงๅœฐใŒ่–ๅŸŸใธใจๅค‰ใ‚ใฃใฆใ„ใใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่–ใชใ‚‹ใ‚‚ใฎใฏใ€ใฉใ‚“ใชๆ—…ใฎ็ต‚็€็‚นใซใ‚‚ๅพ…ใกๅ—ใ‘ใฆใ„ใŸใ‚ใ‘ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใฏ้“ใŒๆ›ฒใŒใ‚Šใ€่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไป–่€…ใธใจๅ‘ใ‹ใ†ใŸใณใซ็”Ÿใพใ‚Œใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚่ชฐใ‹ใŒใ‚‚ใ†ใฒใจใ‚Šใฎไบบ้–“ใ‚’ๅญค็‹ฌใซๆญฉใ‹ใ›ใพใ„ใจใ€่‡ชใ‚‰้ ๅ›žใ‚Šใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’้ธใถใŸใณใซใ€‚ ไปŠใงใ‚‚่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌ่ชฐใ‹ใซ้“ใ‚’ๅฐ‹ใญใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใจใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏใฉใกใ‚‰ใธ้€ฒใ‚ใฐใ‚ˆใ„ใฎใ‹ใ€ใ„ใคใ‚‚ๆ•™ใˆใ‚‹ใ“ใจใŒใงใใ‚‹ใ‚ใ‘ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ๅฑฑใ€…ใฏ็›ธๅค‰ใ‚ใ‚‰ใšๆžœใฆใ—ใชใๅบƒใŒใ‚Šใ€้“ใฏไปŠใ‚‚้œงใฎไธญใธใจๆถˆใˆใฆใ„ใใพใ™ใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใ‚ใฎๆณ‰ใฎใ“ใจใ‚’่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ใใ—ใฆใ€่ชฐใ‹ใŒใใ“ใซๆฎ‹ใ—ใฆใใ‚ŒใŸใ‚ณใƒƒใƒ—ใฎใ“ใจใ‚’ใ€‚ ใใฎๅ–ใฃๆ‰‹ใŒใ€้“ใฎๆ–นใธๅ‘ใ‘ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใŸใ“ใจใ‚’ใ€‚
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#vss365 #Lottery ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at a tavern beyond the mountain pass, a lottery chose the songs we would sing. I drew a slip in a language I could not pronounce. From the darkest corner, an old woman rose. She held the paper to the lamplight and began to sing. Rain touched the shutters. Her voice crossed the room like a road returning to a country no map could hold. When the last note faded, she wiped a tear, then placed the paper back in my hand. I never learned what the words meant. I carried the slip out into the rain, careful not to fold the country she had just returned to. ๅฑฑ้“ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใŸๅ…ˆใซใ‚ใ‚‹้…’ๅ ดใงใฏใ€ๅฎใใ˜ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๆŠฝ้ธใงใ€ๅฎขใŸใกใŒๆญŒใ†ๆ›ฒใ‚’ๆฑบใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใŒๅผ•ใ„ใŸ็ด™็‰‡ใซใฏใ€็™บ้Ÿณใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ•ใˆใงใใชใ„็•ฐๅ›ฝใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใŒไธฆใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€ๆœ€ใ‚‚ๆš—ใ„็‰‡้š…ใ‹ใ‚‰่€ๅฅณใŒ็ซ‹ใกไธŠใŒใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็ด™็‰‡ใ‚’ใƒฉใƒณใƒ—ใฎ็ฏใ‚Šใซใ‹ใ–ใ™ใจใ€้™ใ‹ใซๆญŒใ„ๅง‹ใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้›จใŒ้Žงๆˆธใซ่งฆใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่€ๅฅณใฎๆญŒๅฃฐใฏใ€ใฉใ‚“ใชๅœฐๅ›ณใซใ‚‚ๅŽใพใ‚Šใใ‚‰ใชใ„ๅ›ฝใธใจๅธฐใฃใฆใ„ใไธ€ๆœฌใฎ้“ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€้ƒจๅฑ‹ใ‚’ๆจชๅˆ‡ใฃใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆœ€ๅพŒใฎไธ€้ŸณใŒๆถˆใˆใ‚‹ใจใ€่€ๅฅณใฏๆถ™ใ‚’ๆ‹ญใ„ใ€็ด™็‰‡ใ‚’ๆ—…ไบบใฎๆ‰‹ใซๆˆปใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆœ€ๅพŒใพใงใ€ใใฎๆญŒ่ฉžใฎๆ„ๅ‘ณใ‚’็Ÿฅใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใใฎ็ด™็‰‡ใ‚’ๆŒใฃใฆใ€ๅ†ใณ้›จใฎไธญใธใจๆญฉใๅ‡บใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่€ๅฅณใŒใŸใฃใŸไปŠๅธฐใฃใฆใ„ใฃใŸๅ›ฝใ‚’ๆŠ˜ใ‚Šๆ›ฒใ’ใฆใ—ใพใ‚ใชใ„ใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€็ด™็‰‡ใ‚’ๆŠ˜ใ‚Š็•ณใ‚€ใ“ใจใชใใ€ๅคงๅˆ‡ใซๆบใˆใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€‚
#vss365 #prompt #Lottery What fun reading so many of your unexpected stories yesterday. Today we are going to see what it feels like winning a #lottery. Whatever that may be for you.
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#WriteMap 612 #BODY Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at the border, they searched my bag, scanned my face, and took my fingerprints. My body was allowed to enter. The person inside it remained at the border. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎๅ›ฝๅขƒใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏ่ท็‰ฉใ‚’่ชฟในใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ€้ก”ใ‚’่ชญใฟๅ–ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ€ๆŒ‡็ด‹ใ‚’ๆŽกๅ–ใ•ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่บซไฝ“ใฏๅ…ฅๅ›ฝใ‚’่จฑๅฏใ•ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ€ใใฎ่บซไฝ“ใฎๅ†…ๅดใซใ„ใ‚‹ไบบ้–“ใฏใ€ๅ›ฝๅขƒใซๅ–ใ‚Šๆฎ‹ใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใพใพใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
Please consider giving my prompt a try #WriteMap 612 Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future. All writing forms are OK (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, etc.). Prompt (optional): BODY
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#vssromance #carry #poem #poetry ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” The curtains stirred in the warm midnight air. She stood beside the window, moonlight slipping over her bare shoulders. "Come closer," she whispered. Her fingers caught my collar, drawing me into the warmth of her body. Her lips brushed mine, once, then again, each kiss lingering a little longer than the last. Her silk dress whispered beneath my wandering hands. She swept her hair aside, exposing the tender curve of her neck, then glanced back at me with a smile that needed no words. I pressed my lips there, just below her ear. Jasmine, perhaps. Or some flower that bloomed only after midnight. I closed my eyes and breathed her in, slowly, almost greedily, wishing I could carry that fragrance to the end of the world. Thenโ€”โ€” A sharp metallic screech tore through the darkness. The train was braking. I opened my eyes. My cheek was resting on the shoulder of an elderly woman in a blue cardigan. She looked down at me over her spectacles. "Comfortable, dear?" I sat up, mortified. Then I caught it againโ€”โ€” the faint scent of jasmine rising from her scarf. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎ็œŸๅคœไธญใ€‚ๆš–ใ‹ใชๅคœๆฐ—ใซใ‚ซใƒผใƒ†ใƒณใŒๆบใ‚Œใ€็ช“่พบใซ็ซ‹ใคๅฝผๅฅณใฎ่‚ฉใ‚’ๆœˆๆ˜Žใ‹ใ‚ŠใŒๆป‘ใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใซ็…งใ‚‰ใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ€Œใ‚‚ใฃใจ่ฟ‘ใใซๆฅใฆใ€ใจๅฝผๅฅณใŒๅ›ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎๆŒ‡ใŒๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ฅŸใ‚’ใคใ‹ใฟใ€่บซไฝ“ใ‚’ๅผ•ใๅฏ„ใ›ใพใ™ใ€‚ๅ”‡ใŒ่งฆใ‚Œๅˆใ„ใ€ไธ€ๅบฆใ€ใใ—ใฆใ‚‚ใ†ไธ€ๅบฆใ€‚ๅฃใฅใ‘ใฏ้‡ใญใ‚‹ใŸใณใซ้•ทใใชใ‚Šใ€ใ‚„ใŒใฆๆ™‚้–“ใ•ใˆใ‚‚ๅฟ˜ใ‚Œใ•ใ›ใ‚‹ใปใฉใซใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฎๆŒ‡ๅ…ˆใง็ตนใฎใƒ‰ใƒฌใ‚นใŒใ‹ใ™ใ‹ใช้Ÿณใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฝผๅฅณใฏ้ซชใ‚’็‰‡ๅดใซๆ‰•ใ„ใ€ๆŸ”ใ‚‰ใ‹ใช้ฆ–็ญ‹ใ‚’้œฒใ‚ใซใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€่จ€่‘‰ใชใฉๅฟ…่ฆใชใ„ใจใงใ‚‚ใ„ใ†ใ‚ˆใ†ใชๅพฎ็ฌ‘ใฟใ‚’ๆตฎใ‹ในใฆๆŒฏใ‚Š่ฟ”ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅฝผๅฅณใฎ่€ณใฎใ™ใไธ‹ใซใ€ใใฃใจๅ”‡ใ‚’ๅฏ„ใ›ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‚ธใƒฃใ‚นใƒŸใƒณใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ‹ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใจใ‚‚็œŸๅคœไธญใซใ—ใ‹ๅ’ฒใ‹ใชใ„ใ€ๅๅ‰ใ‚‚็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใชใ„่Šฑใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ‹ใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏ็›ฎใ‚’้–‰ใ˜ใ€ใใฎ้ฆ™ใ‚Šใ‚’ใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจใ€่ฒชใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใซๅธใ„่พผใฟใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ“ใฎ้ฆ™ใ‚Šใ‚’ไธ–็•ŒใฎๆžœใฆใพใงๆŒใฃใฆใ„ใ‘ใŸใ‚‰ใ€‚ใใ†้ก˜ใฃใŸ็žฌ้–“ใ€้‹ญใ„้‡‘ๅฑž้ŸณใŒ้—‡ใ‚’ๅผ•ใ่ฃ‚ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅˆ—่ปŠใฎใƒ–ใƒฌใƒผใ‚ญ้Ÿณใงใ—ใŸใ€‚็›ฎใ‚’้–‹ใ‘ใ‚‹ใจใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅคœ่กŒๅˆ—่ปŠใฎๅบงๅธญใงใ€้’ใ„ใ‚ซใƒผใƒ‡ใ‚ฃใ‚ฌใƒณใ‚’็€ใŸใŠใฐใ‚ใ•ใ‚“ใฎ่‚ฉใซ้ ฌใ‚’้ ใ‘ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฝผๅฅณใฏ็œผ้ก่ถŠใ—ใซๆ—…ไบบใ‚’่ฆ‹ไธ‹ใ‚ใ—ใ€ใ€Œใ‚ˆใ็œ ใ‚ŒใŸใ‹ใ„๏ผŸใ€ใจๅพฎ็ฌ‘ใฟใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆฅใšใ‹ใ—ใ•ใง็œŸใฃ่ตคใซใชใ‚Šใ€ๆ…Œใฆใฆ่บซใ‚’่ตทใ“ใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€ใตใŸใŸใณใ‚ใฎ้ฆ™ใ‚ŠใŒๆผ‚ใฃใฆใใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ใŠใฐใ‚ใ•ใ‚“ใฎใ‚นใ‚ซใƒผใƒ•ใ‹ใ‚‰็ซ‹ใกไธŠใ‚‹ใ€ใ‹ใ™ใ‹ใชใ‚ธใƒฃใ‚นใƒŸใƒณใฎ้ฆ™ใ‚Šใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
My love, what dreams draw us into each otherโ€™s arms? Weโ€™d stay here forever if you wished. Or just say the word and Iโ€™ll carry you to the other side of the globe as long as this dream never ends. Your #vssromance prompt for this week is #carry. @PPPRetw88t @The_Scribblings
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#vss365 #Unexpected ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” in the world's highest capital, a cable car climbed into the thin evening air. Below, red-brick houses clung to the folds of a steep valley. Corrugated roofs flashed with sunset; laundry trembled on rooftop lines, and buses crept along roads stitched into the mountainside. Far below, the square I had called the city's heart shrank to a speck. From this height, I thought, I could finally see the whole of it. Then a child beside me pressed a small finger to the glass. "That's home." I followed the finger, but among a thousand roofs could not tell which one. Nothing below had moved. Yet an unexpected map unfolded: not one center, but a thousandโ€”โ€” each one a home, each home a world I had mistaken for a roof. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ€ไธ–็•Œใงๆœ€ใ‚‚ๆจ™้ซ˜ใฎ้ซ˜ใ„้ฆ–้ƒฝใงใ€ใƒญใƒผใƒ—ใ‚ฆใ‚งใ‚คใฏๅค•ๆšฎใ‚Œใฎ่–„ใ„็ฉบๆฐ—ใ‚’็™ปใฃใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็œผไธ‹ใงใฏใ€่ตคใƒฌใƒณใ‚ฌใฎๅฎถใ€…ใŒๆทฑใ„่ฐทใฎ่ฅžใซใ—ใŒใฟใคใใ‚ˆใ†ใซไธฆใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆณขๆฟๅฑ‹ๆ นใฏๅค•ๆ—ฅใ‚’ๅ—ใ‘ใฆ่ผใใ€ๅฑ‹ไธŠใฎ็‰ฉๅนฒใ—็ถฑใงใฏๆด—ๆฟฏ็‰ฉใŒๆบใ‚Œใ€ใƒใ‚นใฏๅฑฑ่…นใซ็ธซใ„่พผใพใ‚ŒใŸใ‚ˆใ†ใช้“ใ‚’ใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจ้€ฒใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใฏใ‚‹ใ‹็œผไธ‹ใงใฏใ€ๆ—…ไบบใŒ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใฎๅฟƒ่‡“ใ ใจๆ€ใฃใฆใ„ใŸๅบƒๅ ดใŒใ€ๅฐใ•ใช็‚นใธใจ็ธฎใ‚“ใงใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ“ใฎ้ซ˜ใ•ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใ‚‰ใ€ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚„ใ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใฎใ™ในใฆใŒ่ฆ‹ใˆใ‚‹ใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใใ†ๆ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใฎใจใใ€้šฃใซใ„ใŸๅญใฉใ‚‚ใŒๅฐใ•ใชๆŒ‡ใ‚’็ช“ใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใซๆŠผใ—ๅฝ“ใฆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ€Œใ‚ใใ“ใŒใผใใฎๅฎถใ ใ‚ˆใ€ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใใฎๆŒ‡ๅ…ˆใ‚’่ฟฝใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ๅƒใ‚‚ใฎๅฑ‹ๆ นใŒใฒใ—ใ‚ใใชใ‹ใงใ€ใฉใ‚ŒใŒใใฎๅฎถใชใฎใ‹่ฆ‹ๅˆ†ใ‘ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฏใงใใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ็œผไธ‹ใงใฏใ€ๅปบ็‰ฉใฏไธ€ใคใจใ—ใฆๅ‹•ใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใชใฎใซใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎๅ‰ใซใฏๆ€ใ„ใŒใ‘ใชใ„ๅœฐๅ›ณใŒๅบƒใŒใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ใใ“ใซใฏใ€ใŸใ ไธ€ใคใงใฏใชใใ€ๅƒใ‚‚ใฎไธญๅฟƒใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎไธ€ใคใฒใจใคใŒ่ชฐใ‹ใฎๅฎถใงใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ใใฎๅฎถใฎไธ€ใคใฒใจใคใŒใ€ๆ—…ไบบใซใฏใŸใ ใฎๅฑ‹ๆ นใซใ—ใ‹่ฆ‹ใˆใฆใ„ใชใ‹ใฃใŸใ€ไธ€ใคใฎไธ–็•Œใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
#vss365 #prompt #Unexpected Hi Everyone. Planned adventures can sometimes change due to the #unexpected. Yet, new plans can spring forth. Letโ€™s go on this two-week word journey together. Iโ€™m excited to read your stories. I hope we'll encounter new writers along the way.
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#MidJourney365 #ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ365 ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at 3:17 in the morning, somewhere above an unnamed sea, the cabin lights had faded to the color of a memory not yet ready to disappear. My passport lay closed in my pocket. One country had already let me go; another had not yet asked me to enter. Between the two, I was neither expected nor remembered. On the screen above the aisle, a small white aircraft crossed a world of perfect coordinates. Every mile had its number. Every border had its place. Only I had none. I had a seat number, a flight number, a name printed on a boarding passโ€”โ€” yet none of them could tell me where I belonged. Far below, invisible lines divided the darkness into nations, languages, histories. Above them, the engines hummed, indifferent to every border the earth had learned to draw. I remembered the cities where I had slept, the streets that had briefly known my footsteps, the rooms where I had unpacked my belongings and mistaken staying for the meaning of travel. Each arrival gave me an address. Each departure took it away. But here, between a country left behind and a country not yet entered, I felt no absence. For the first time, having nowhere to belong was not a loss but a kind of wholeness. Beyond the window, the horizon slowly loosened the darkness from the sea. No border appeared. No destination announced itself. Only the first pale light of a world that belonged to no one. And then I understood. The cities had been pauses. The borders, interruptions. Even arrival was only a brief surrender to the geography of belonging. I had always believed I was somewhere along the journey. But the journey was not something I was on. Being on the way was the journey itself. And there, between the last country and the next, I discovered that the only place where I had ever been entirely a traveler was nowhere. ๅˆๅ‰3ๆ™‚17ๅˆ†ใ€‚ๅใ‚‚ใชใ„ๆตทใฎไธŠ็ฉบใฎใฉใ“ใ‹ใงใ€ๆฉŸๅ†…ใฎ็…งๆ˜Žใฏใ€ใพใ ๆถˆใˆๅŽปใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ใŸใ‚ใ‚‰ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹่จ˜ๆ†ถใฎ่‰ฒใซใพใง่–„ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฎใƒ‘ใ‚นใƒใƒผใƒˆใฏใ€ใƒใ‚ฑใƒƒใƒˆใฎไธญใง้–‰ใ˜ใ‚‰ใ‚ŒใŸใพใพใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฒใจใคใฎๅ›ฝใฏใ™ใงใซๆ—…ไบบใ‚’้€ใ‚Šๅ‡บใ—ใ€ๆฌกใฎๅ›ฝใฏใพใ ๆ—…ไบบใซๅ…ฅๅ›ฝใ‚’ๆฑ‚ใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎใตใŸใคใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏ่ชฐใซใ‚‚ๅพ…ใŸใ‚Œใšใ€่ชฐใซใ‚‚่จ˜ๆ†ถใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้€š่ทฏใฎไธŠใฎ็”ป้ขใงใฏใ€ๅฐใ•ใช็™ฝใ„้ฃ›่กŒๆฉŸใŒใ€ๅฎŒ็’งใชๅบงๆจ™ใซใ‚ˆใฃใฆๆใ‹ใ‚ŒใŸไธ–็•Œใ‚’ๆจชๅˆ‡ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ™ในใฆใฎ่ท้›ขใซใฏๆ•ฐๅญ—ใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ใ™ในใฆใฎๅ›ฝๅขƒใซใฏไฝ็ฝฎใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใŸใ ใ€ๆ—…ไบบใซใ ใ‘ใฏใ€ใใ‚ŒใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅบงๅธญ็•ชๅทใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ไพฟๅใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ๆญไน—ๅˆธใซใฏๅๅ‰ใŒๅฐๅˆทใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใฎใฉใ‚Œใฒใจใคใจใ—ใฆใ€ๆ—…ไบบใŒใฉใ“ใซๅฑžใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚’ๆ•™ใˆใฆใฏใใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใฏใ‚‹ใ‹็œผไธ‹ใงใฏใ€็›ฎใซ่ฆ‹ใˆใชใ„็ทšใŒๆš—้—‡ใ‚’ๅ›ฝๅฎถใ‚„่จ€่ชžใ‚„ๆญดๅฒใธใจๅˆ†ๅ‰ฒใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎไธŠ็ฉบใงใ‚จใƒณใ‚ธใƒณใฏใ€ๅœฐไธŠใฎไบบใ€…ใŒๅผ•ใใ“ใจใ‚’่ฆšใˆใŸใ‚ใ‚‰ใ‚†ใ‚‹ๅ›ฝๅขƒใซ็„ก้–ขๅฟƒใชใพใพใ€ไฝŽใๅ”ธใ‚Š็ถšใ‘ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใ‹ใคใฆ็œ ใฃใŸ่ก—ใ€…ใ‚’ๆ€ใ„ๅ‡บใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใปใ‚“ใฎใ—ใฐใ‚‰ใๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ถณ้Ÿณใ‚’่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใŸ้€šใ‚Šใ€่ท็‰ฉใ‚’ใปใฉใใ€ใใ“ใซ็•™ใพใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ๆ—…ใฎๆ„ๅ‘ณใ ใจๆ€ใ„้•ใ„ใ—ใฆใ„ใŸ้ƒจๅฑ‹ใฎๆ•ฐใ€…ใ‚’ใ€‚ ๅˆฐ็€ใ™ใ‚‹ใŸใณใซใ€ๆ—…ไบบใซใฏไฝๆ‰€ใŒไธŽใˆใ‚‰ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ—ใฆๅ‡บ็™บใ™ใ‚‹ใŸใณใซใ€ใใฎไฝๆ‰€ใฏๅฅชใ‚ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ไปŠใ€ๅพŒใซใ—ใŸๅ›ฝใจใ€ใพใ ่ถณใ‚’่ธใฟๅ…ฅใ‚Œใฆใ„ใชใ„ๅ›ฝใจใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏไฝ•ใฒใจใคๆฌ ใ‘ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใจใฏๆ„Ÿใ˜ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใฉใ“ใซใ‚‚ๅฑžใ—ใฆใ„ใชใ„ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใŒใ€ๅ–ชๅคฑใงใฏใชใใ€ใฒใจใคใฎๅฎŒๅ…จใ•ใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏๅˆใ‚ใฆ็ŸฅใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ็ช“ใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใงใฏใ€ๅœฐๅนณ็ทšใŒใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจๆตทใ‹ใ‚‰ๆš—้—‡ใ‚’ใปใฉใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅ›ฝๅขƒใฏ็พใ‚Œใšใ€็›ฎ็š„ๅœฐใ‚‚ใใฎๅงฟใ‚’ๅ‘Šใ’ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใŸใ ใ€่ชฐใฎใ‚‚ใฎใงใ‚‚ใชใ„ไธ–็•Œใฎใ€ๆœ€ๅˆใฎๆทกใ„ๅ…‰ใŒๅทฎใ—่พผใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ—ใฆใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆ‚Ÿใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่ก—ใ€…ใฏไธ€ๆ™‚็š„ใชไผ‘ๆฏใซใ™ใŽใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅ›ฝๅขƒใฏๆ—…ใ‚’้ฎใ‚‹ใ‚‚ใฎใซใ™ใŽใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅˆฐ็€ใงใ•ใˆใ€ๅธฐๅฑžใจใ„ใ†ๅœฐ็†ใซใปใ‚“ใฎใ—ใฐใ‚‰ใ่บซใ‚’ๅง”ใญใ‚‹ใ“ใจใซใ™ใŽใชใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใใ‚Œใพใง่‡ชๅˆ†ใŒๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎใฉใ“ใ‹ใซใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใ ใจๆ€ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ใ€ๆ—…ใจใฏใ€ใใ“ใซ่บซใ‚’็ฝฎใไฝ•ใ‹ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้€”ไธŠใซใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใ“ใใŒใ€ๆ—…ใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ใใ—ใฆใ€ๅพŒใซใ—ใŸๅ›ฝใจใ€ใ“ใ‚Œใ‹ใ‚‰่จชใ‚Œใ‚‹ๅ›ฝใจใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใงใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฏ็™บ่ฆ‹ใ—ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ่‡ชๅˆ†ใŒๅฎŒๅ…จใชๆ—…ไบบใงใ‚ใฃใŸๅ”ฏไธ€ใฎๅ ดๆ‰€ใฏใ€ ใฉใ“ใงใ‚‚ใชใ„ๅ ดๆ‰€ใ ใฃใŸใฎใ ใจใ€‚
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#WriteMap 611#LOSE #poem #poetry ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” At the border station, a sign read: LOST PROPERTY. An umbrella. A passport. A key to a house that no longer existed. I wondered where they kept the languages forbidden to be spoken, the names ordered to be forgotten, the homes erased from maps. Both countries kept records of everything that crossed. Neither kept a record of what was lost between them. ๅ›ฝๅขƒใฎ้ง…ใซใ€Œ้บๅคฑ็‰ฉๅ–ๆ‰ฑๆ‰€ใ€ใจใ„ใ†็œ‹ๆฟใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅ‚˜ใŒไธ€ๆœฌใ€‚ใƒ‘ใ‚นใƒใƒผใƒˆใŒไธ€ๅ†Šใ€‚ใใ—ใฆใ€ใ‚‚ใฏใ‚„ๅญ˜ๅœจใ—ใชใ„ๅฎถใฎ้ตใŒไธ€ๆœฌใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏ่€ƒใˆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่ฉฑใ™ใ“ใจใ‚’็ฆใ˜ใ‚‰ใ‚ŒใŸ่จ€่‘‰ใ‚„ใ€ๅฟ˜ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ๅ‘ฝใ˜ใ‚‰ใ‚ŒใŸๅๅ‰ใ‚„ใ€ๅœฐๅ›ณใ‹ใ‚‰ๆถˆใ•ใ‚ŒใŸๆ•…้ƒทใฏใ€ใ„ใฃใŸใ„ใฉใ“ใซไฟ็ฎกใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€‚ ๅ›ฝๅขƒใฎไธกๅดใฎๅ›ฝใ€…ใฏใ€ใใ“ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใŸใ‚‚ใฎใ‚’ใ™ในใฆ่จ˜้Œฒใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ใใฎใ‚ใ„ใ ใงๅคฑใ‚ใ‚ŒใŸใ‚‚ใฎใซใคใ„ใฆใฏใ€ใฉใกใ‚‰ใฎๅ›ฝใ‚‚่จ˜้Œฒใ—ใฆใ„ใชใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
Please consider giving my prompt a try #WriteMap 611 Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future. All writing forms are OK (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, etc.). Prompt (optional): LOSE
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#vss365 #dead ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” At eight o'clock, darkness settled over the old factory town. The chimneys no longer smoked. Weeds grew through the pavement, and shop windows displayed the faded promises of another century. The newspapers called it a dead town. Only a small diner at the corner kept its yellow light burning. Inside, four people shared their supper, arguing about tomorrow's weather as though tomorrow were certain. I pushed open the door. The woman behind the counter looked up from drying a glass and said, "Come in. There's still soup." She did not ask where I came from. She simply pulled out a chair and placed another bowl upon the table. Someone laughed at a joke I had arrived too late to hear. A spoon touched the rim of a cup. The rain began tapping at the window, and no one hurried to leave. Outside, the town lay silent, abandoned by progress and pronounced dead by strangers. T he factory chimneys had long since ceased to breathe. But inside, between two people who had never met, steam was still rising from a bowl of soup. ๅˆๅพŒ8ๆ™‚ใ€ใ‹ใคใฆๅทฅๅ ดใงๆ „ใˆใŸ่ก—ใซ้—‡ใŒ้™ใ‚Šใฆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็…™็ชใ‹ใ‚‰็…™ใŒไธŠใŒใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฏใชใใ€่ˆ—่ฃ…้“่ทฏใฎๅ‰ฒใ‚Œ็›ฎใ‹ใ‚‰ใฏ้›‘่‰ใŒไผธใณใ€ๅ•†ๅบ—ใฎใ‚ทใƒงใƒผใ‚ฆใ‚ฃใƒณใƒ‰ใ‚ฆใซใฏๅ‰ใฎๆ™‚ไปฃใฎ็ด„ๆŸไบ‹ใŒ่‰ฒ่คชใ›ใŸใพใพๆฎ‹ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ๆ–ฐ่žใฏใใฎ่ก—ใ‚’ๆญปใ‚“ใ ่ก—ใจๅ‘ผใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่ก—่ง’ใฎๅฐใ•ใช้ฃŸๅ ‚ใ ใ‘ใŒใ€้ป„่‰ฒใ„ๆ˜Žใ‹ใ‚Šใ‚’็ฏใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ไธญใงใฏๅ››ไบบใฎๅฎขใŒๅค•้ฃŸใ‚’ๅ›ฒใฟใ€ใพใ‚‹ใงๆ˜Žๆ—ฅใŒๆฅใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’็–‘ใ„ใ‚‚ใ—ใชใ„ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€็ฟŒๆ—ฅใฎๅคฉๆฐ—ใซใคใ„ใฆ่จ€ใ„ไบ‰ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใŒๆ‰‰ใ‚’ๆŠผใ—ใฆๅ…ฅใ‚‹ใจใ€ใ‚ซใ‚ฆใƒณใ‚ฟใƒผใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใงใ‚ฐใƒฉใ‚นใ‚’ๆ‹ญใ„ใฆใ„ใŸๅฅณๆ€งใŒ้ก”ใ‚’ไธŠใ’ใ€ใ€ŒใŠๅ…ฅใ‚Šใชใ•ใ„ใ€‚ใพใ ใ‚นใƒผใƒ—ใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ™ใ‚ˆใ€ใจ่จ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฉใ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ๆฅใŸใฎใ‹ใจๅฐ‹ใญใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚‚ใชใใ€ใŸใ ๆค…ๅญใ‚’ไธ€่„šๅผ•ใใ€ใƒ†ใƒผใƒ–ใƒซใซๆ–ฐใ—ใ„ๅ™จใ‚’็ฝฎใ„ใฆใใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่ชฐใ‹ใŒๅ†—่ซ‡ใ‚’่จ€ใฃใŸใฎใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใซใฏ่žใ“ใˆใชใ‹ใฃใŸใใฎๅ†—่ซ‡ใซใ€็ฌ‘ใ„ๅฃฐใŒไธŠใŒใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ‚นใƒ—ใƒผใƒณใŒใ‚ซใƒƒใƒ—ใฎ็ธใซ่งฆใ‚Œใฆๅฐใ•ใช้Ÿณใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใ€็ช“ใ‚’้›จใŒๅฉใๅง‹ใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใŒใ€่ชฐใ‚‚ๆ€ฅใ„ใงๅธฐใ‚ใ†ใจใฏใ—ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅค–ใงใฏใ€้€ฒๆญฉใจใ„ใ†ๅใฎๅˆ—่ปŠใซ็ฝฎใๅŽปใ‚Šใซใ•ใ‚Œใ€่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไบบใ€…ใ‹ใ‚‰ๆญปไบกใ‚’ๅฎฃๅ‘Šใ•ใ‚ŒใŸ่ก—ใŒ้™ใพใ‚Š่ฟ”ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ๅทฅๅ ดใฎ็…™็ชใฏใ€ใจใ†ใฎๆ˜”ใซๆฏใ‚’ใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ใ‚„ใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚้ฃŸๅ ‚ใงใฏใ€ๅˆใ‚ใฆๅ‡บไผšใฃใŸไบŒไบบใฎ้–“ใงใ€ไธ€ๆฏใฎใ‚นใƒผใƒ—ใ‹ใ‚‰ใพใ ๆนฏๆฐ—ใŒ็ซ‹ใกไธŠใฃใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
Everything physical has a date. But how you make others feel last forever. With this, my run reached the destination but never stop writing, unlike the physical, it never ends up... The #vss365 #prompt, which is #dead.
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#MidJourney365 #ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ365 ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at the heart of a city without a name, faces streamed past like rain on glass. No one asked where I had come from. I could disappear into the crowd without so much as changing its course. Around the city, crooked circles widened, each pretending to share a single center. Beyond the first, a shopkeeper recognized me. Beyond the next, a stranger made room at his table. Farther out, where asphalt gave way to dust, an old woman called from her doorwayโ€”โ€” not because she knew my name, but because she remembered my passing. With every boundary, another face came into focus. I began to hear the places hidden in people's voices, to learn the names behind their greetings, and to discover that even silence belonged to someone. Some doors opened. Others stayed shut. But behind each was a life no circle could contain. I began to believe in a simple law: the farther I traveled from the center, the more clearly a human being appeared. Then the last circle brought me to a border. Its line ran across the earth like a scar that refused to follow the hills. A guard held my passport up to the light, then looked directly into my face. Yet all he seemed to see was the country printed on the page. In the city, no one had asked where I came from. Here, it was the only thing he wanted to know. The names I had learned, the voices that had called me back, the kindnesses that bore no stamp or sealโ€”โ€” none of them answered his question. I became a nationality, a photograph, a foreigner waiting for a gate to open. And across that line, people I had never met were already being called them. In the city, faces had vanished because there were too many to remember. At the border, they vanished because one word was made to stand for all the rest. How strange that the center and the farthest edge should wear the same faceless mask. At the outermost circle, the crooked rings seemed to mock the equation I had trusted. I had crossed them all, only to find myself at the center of another anonymity. Perhaps the distances were never wrong. Perhaps it was I who had mistaken distance for recognition. The map had room for every border, but not for a single human face. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎๅใ‚‚ใชใ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใฎไธญๅฟƒใงใ€ไบบใ€…ใฎ้ก”ใฏใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใ‚’ไผใ†้›จใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซๆ—…ไบบใฎๅ‚ใ‚‰ใ‚’ๆตใ‚Œใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฉใ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ๆฅใŸใฎใ‹ใจๅฐ‹ใญใ‚‹่€…ใฏ่ชฐใ‚‚ใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏ็พค่ก†ใฎๆตใ‚Œใ‚’ๅฐ‘ใ—ใ‚‚ๅค‰ใˆใ‚‹ใ“ใจใชใใ€ใใฎใชใ‹ใธๅงฟใ‚’ๆถˆใ—ใฆใ—ใพใ†ใ“ใจใ•ใˆใงใใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใ‚’ๅ–ใ‚Šๅ›ฒใ‚€ใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€ๆญชใชๅ††ใŒๅนพ้‡ใซใ‚‚ๅบƒใŒใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฉใฎๅ††ใ‚‚ใ€ๅŒใ˜ใฒใจใคใฎไธญๅฟƒใ‚’ๅ…ฑๆœ‰ใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใตใ‚Šใ‚’ใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆœ€ๅˆใฎๅ††ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใ‚‹ใจใ€ๅบ—ไธปใŒๆ—…ไบบใฎ้ก”ใ‚’่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆฌกใฎๅ††ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใ‚‹ใจใ€่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไบบใŒ้ฃŸๅ“ใซๅธญใ‚’็ฉบใ‘ใฆใใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ•ใ‚‰ใซ้ ใใ€่ˆ—่ฃ…้“่ทฏใŒๅœŸๅŸƒใซๅค‰ใ‚ใ‚‹ใ‚ใŸใ‚Šใงใฏใ€ๆˆธๅฃใซ็ซ‹ใค่€ๅฅณใŒๆ—…ไบบใซๅฃฐใ‚’ใ‹ใ‘ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅๅ‰ใ‚’็Ÿฅใฃใฆใ„ใŸใ‹ใ‚‰ใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ไปฅๅ‰ใใ“ใ‚’้€šใ‚Š้ŽใŽใŸใ“ใจใ‚’่ฆšใˆใฆใ„ใŸใ‹ใ‚‰ใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅขƒ็•Œใ‚’ใฒใจใค่ถŠใˆใ‚‹ใŸใณใซใ€ใพใŸใฒใจใคใ€ไบบ้–“ใฎ้ก”ใŒ้ฎฎๆ˜Žใซใชใฃใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ไบบใ€…ใฎๅฃฐใซ้š ใ•ใ‚ŒใŸๅœŸๅœฐใฎ้Ÿฟใใ‚’่žใๅˆ†ใ‘ใ€ๆŒจๆ‹ถใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใซใ‚ใ‚‹ๅๅ‰ใ‚’่ฆšใˆใ€ๆฒˆ้ป™ใ•ใˆใ‚‚่ชฐใ‹ใฎใ‚‚ใฎใชใฎใ ใจ็Ÿฅใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใซใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้–‹ใ‹ใ‚Œใ‚‹ๆ‰‰ใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Œใฐใ€้–‰ใ–ใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใพใพใฎๆ‰‰ใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ใ€ใใฎไธ€ๆžšไธ€ๆžšใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใซใฏใ€ใฉใ‚“ใชๅ††ใซใ‚‚ๅŽใพใ‚Šใใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ€ใใ‚Œใžใ‚Œใซๅ›บๆœ‰ใฎไบบ็”ŸใŒใ‚ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ„ใคใ—ใ‹ใ€ใฒใจใคใฎๅ˜็ด”ใชๆณ•ๅ‰‡ใ‚’ไฟกใ˜ๅง‹ใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้ƒฝๅธ‚ใฎไธญๅฟƒใ‹ใ‚‰้ ใ–ใ‹ใ‚‹ใปใฉใ€ไบบ้–“ใฎๅงฟใฏใ‚ˆใ‚Š้ฎฎๆ˜Žใซใชใ‚‹ใฎใ ใจใ€‚ ใจใ“ใ‚ใŒใ€ๆœ€ๅพŒใฎๅ††ใŒๆ—…ไบบใ‚’้€ฃใ‚Œใฆใ„ใฃใŸใฎใฏใ€ๅ›ฝๅขƒใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ“ใงใฏใ€ไธ˜ใฎ่ตทไผใซๅพ“ใ†ใ“ใจใ•ใˆๆ‹’ใ‚€ๅ‚ท่ทกใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€ไธ€ๆœฌใฎๅ›ฝๅขƒ็ทšใŒๅคงๅœฐใ‚’ๆจชๅˆ‡ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅ›ฝๅขƒ่ญฆๅ‚™ใฎ็”ทใฏๆ—…ๅˆธใ‚’ๅ…‰ใซใ‹ใ–ใ™ใจใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎ้ก”ใ‚’็œŸๆญฃ้ขใ‹ใ‚‰่ฆ‹ใคใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ใใฎ็›ฎใซๆ˜ ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใฏใ€ๆ—…ๅˆธใซๅฐๅˆทใ•ใ‚ŒใŸๅ›ฝๅใ ใ‘ใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใงใฏใ€่ชฐใ‚‚ๆ—…ไบบใŒใฉใ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ๆฅใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚’ๅฐ‹ใญใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใจใ“ใ‚ใŒใ“ใ“ใงใฏใ€ใใ‚Œใ“ใใŒ็”ทใฎ็Ÿฅใ‚ŠใŸใŒใ‚‹ๅ”ฏไธ€ใฎใ“ใจใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใง่ฆšใˆใŸๅๅ‰ใ‚‚ใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใ‚’ๅ‘ผใณๆญขใ‚ใฆใใ‚ŒใŸๅฃฐใ‚‚ใ€ๅฐ็ซ ใ‚‚่จผๆ˜Žๆ›ธใ‚‚ๆŒใŸใชใ„ๆ•ฐใ€…ใฎ่ฆชๅˆ‡ใ‚‚ใ€็”ทใฎๅ•ใ„ใซๅฏพใ™ใ‚‹็ญ”ใˆใซใฏใชใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใฒใจใคใฎๅ›ฝ็ฑใจใชใ‚Šใ€ไธ€ๆžšใฎๅ†™็œŸใจใชใ‚Šใ€้–€ใŒ้–‹ใใฎใ‚’ๅพ…ใคใ€ใŸใ ใฎๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบใจใชใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ใใ—ใฆใ€ใใฎ็ทšใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ๅดใงใฏใ€ใพใ ๅ‡บไผšใฃใฆใ‚‚ใ„ใชใ„ไบบใ€…ใŒใ€ใ™ใงใซใ€Œๅฝผใ‚‰ใ€ใจใ„ใ†ๅใงๅ‘ผใฐใ‚Œๅง‹ใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใงใฏใ€ใ‚ใพใ‚Šใซใ‚‚ๅคšใใฎ้ก”ใŒใ‚ใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใซใ€ไบบใ€…ใฎ้ก”ใฏ่ฆ‹ใˆใชใใชใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ๅ›ฝๅขƒใงใฏใ€ใŸใฃใŸใฒใจใคใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใซใ€ใใ‚Œไปฅๅค–ใฎใ™ในใฆใ‚’ไปฃ่กจใ•ใ›ใฆใ—ใพใ†ใŸใ‚ใซใ€ไบบใ€…ใฎ้ก”ใฏ่ฆ‹ใˆใชใใชใฃใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ้ƒฝๅธ‚ใฎไธญๅฟƒใจไธ–็•Œใฎๆœ€ๆžœใฆใŒใ€ๅŒใ˜้ก”ใฎใชใ„ไปฎ้ขใ‚’่ขซใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใจใฏใ€ใชใ‚“ใจๅฅ‡ๅฆ™ใชใ“ใจใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€‚ ๆœ€ใ‚‚ๅค–ๅดใฎๅ††ใซ่‡ณใฃใฆใ€ๆญชใชๅŒๅฟƒๅ††ใฏใ€ๆ—…ไบบใŒใใ‚Œใพใงไฟกใ˜ใฆใใŸๆ–น็จ‹ๅผใ‚’ๅ˜ฒ็ฌ‘ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ‚ใ‚‰ใ‚†ใ‚‹ๅ††ใ‚’่ถŠใˆใฆใใŸใจใ„ใ†ใฎใซใ€ใŸใฉใ‚Š็€ใ„ใŸใฎใฏใ€ใ‚‚ใ†ใฒใจใคใฎๅŒฟๅๆ€งใฎไธญๅฟƒใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‹ใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€่ท้›ขใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใฏใ€ๆœ€ๅˆใ‹ใ‚‰ๅฐ‘ใ—ใ‚‚้–“้•ใฃใฆใ„ใชใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚้–“้•ใฃใฆใ„ใŸใฎใฏใ€่ท้›ขใจไป–่€…ใธใฎ่ช่ญ˜ใ‚’ๅŒใ˜ใ‚‚ใฎใ ใจไฟกใ˜ใฆใ„ใŸใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎๆ–นใ ใฃใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ ๅœฐๅ›ณใซใฏใ€ใ‚ใ‚‰ใ‚†ใ‚‹ๅขƒ็•Œ็ทšใ‚’ๆใ่พผใ‚€ไฝ™ๅœฐใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ใŸใฃใŸใฒใจใ‚Šใฎไบบ้–“ใฎ้ก”ใ‚’ๆใ่พผใ‚€ไฝ™ๅœฐใ•ใˆใ€ใใ“ใซใฏใชใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
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#vss365 #dead ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” In a roadside cafรฉ, an old man asked for salt in a language the guidebook had declared dead decades ago. The waitress looked puzzled. But his granddaughter, not yet seven, reached across the table, passed him the salt, and answered in the very same tongue. He laughed. She laughed back. Between them, the words passed as easily as the salt, needing no translation. Somewhere, in a scholarly book, that language lay buried beneath a date and a definition. Yet here it was, alive in the mouth of a child, carried from one generation to another without ceremony, without permission, without even knowing it had died. What the books had called dead had just asked for saltโ€”โ€” and been answered. ่ก—้“ๆฒฟใ„ใฎๅฐใ•ใช้ฃŸๅ ‚ใงใ€ไธ€ไบบใฎ่€ไบบใŒๅกฉใ‚’ๅ–ใฃใฆใปใ—ใ„ใจ้ ผใฟใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใฏใ€ๆ—…่กŒๆกˆๅ†…ๆ›ธใซใ‚ˆใ‚Œใฐใ€ไฝ•ๅๅนดใ‚‚ๅ‰ใซๆญปใ‚“ใ ใจใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹่จ€่ชžใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ็ตฆไป•ใฎๅฅณๆ€งใฏๆˆธๆƒ‘ใฃใŸใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ™ใŒใ€่€ไบบใฎ้šฃใซใ„ใŸใ€ใพใ ไธƒๆญณใซใ‚‚ใชใ‚‰ใชใ„ๅญซๅจ˜ใฏใ€ใƒ†ใƒผใƒ–ใƒซใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใซๆ‰‹ใ‚’ไผธใฐใ—ใ€ๅกฉใ‚’ๆธกใ™ใจใ€ใพใฃใŸใๅŒใ˜่จ€่‘‰ใงไฝ•ใ‹ใ‚’็ญ”ใˆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่€ไบบใŒ็ฌ‘ใ„ใ€ๅญซๅจ˜ใ‚‚็ฌ‘ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ไบŒไบบใฎ้–“ใงใฏใ€่จ€่‘‰ใŒๅกฉใจๅŒใ˜ใใ‚‰ใ„่‡ช็„ถใซ่กŒใไบคใ„ใ€็ฟป่จณใชใฉๅฟ…่ฆใจใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใฉใ“ใ‹ใฎๅญฆ่ก“ๆ›ธใงใฏใ€ใใฎ่จ€่ชžใฏไธ€ใคใฎๅนดไปฃใจๅฎš็พฉใฎไธ‹ใซ่‘ฌใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใงใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ใ“ใ“ใงใฏๅนผใ„ๅฐ‘ๅฅณใฎๅฃใ‹ใ‚‰็”Ÿใ็”Ÿใใจ่ชžใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚็‰นๅˆฅใชๅ„€ๅผใ‚‚ใ€่ชฐใ‹ใฎ่จฑๅฏใ‚‚ๅฟ…่ฆใจใ›ใšใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใŸใกใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใŒใ™ใงใซๆญปใ‚“ใ ใ“ใจใซใชใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใจ็Ÿฅใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ•ใˆใชใใ€ไธ–ไปฃใ‹ใ‚‰ไธ–ไปฃใธใจๅ—ใ‘็ถ™ใŒใ‚Œใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ›ธ็‰ฉใŒๆญปใ‚“ใ ใจๅ‘ผใ‚“ใ ่จ€่‘‰ใŒใ€ใŸใฃใŸไปŠใ€ๅกฉใ‚’ๆฑ‚ใ‚ใ€ใใ—ใฆ็ญ”ใˆใ‚’ๅพ—ใŸใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
Everything physical has a date. But how you make others feel last forever. With this, my run reached the destination but never stop writing, unlike the physical, it never ends up... The #vss365 #prompt, which is #dead.
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#WriteMap 610 #VIEW #poem #poetry Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” the guide praised the view from the hilltop lookout. Below, a woman climbed with two buckets of water. At sunset, the hillside turned to gold. By morning, it would be steep again. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใงใ€ๆกˆๅ†…ไบบใŒไธ˜ใฎไธŠใฎๅฑ•ๆœ›ๅฐใ‹ใ‚‰ใฎ็œบใ‚ใ‚’่ค’ใ‚ใŸใŸใˆใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใฎไธ‹ใงใฏใ€ใตใŸใคใฎๆฐดๆกถใ‚’ๆ‰‹ใซใ—ใŸๅฅณๆ€งใŒใ€ๅ‚้“ใ‚’็™ปใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅค•ๆšฎใ‚Œใฎๅ…‰ใŒๆ–œ้ขใ‚’้ป„้‡‘่‰ฒใซๆŸ“ใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ—ใ‹ใ—็ฟŒๆœใซใฏใ€ใใ“ใฏใพใŸ้™บใ—ใ„ๅ‚้“ใซใชใ‚‹ใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
Please consider giving my prompt a try #WriteMap 610 Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future. All writing forms are OK (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, etc.). Prompt (optional): VIEW
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#vss365 #dead ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” The station clock had been dead at 4:23 for years. Dust gathered along its hands, and a small spider had made a home between the four and the five. Yet trains continued to arrive. A woman adjusted her scarf. A porter dragged a cart across the platform. An orange slipped from a paper bag and rolled quietly toward my feet. No one looked up at the clock. A whistle scattered the pigeons. The timetable rattled in a draft from the open doors. Somewhere, a child called for his mother, and a train answered with a sigh. I picked up the orange and returned it to its owner. She smiled, thanked me, and disappeared into the arriving crowd. For an instant, the space between two strangers had been filled with something neither the clock nor the timetable could ever measure. At 4:23, she smiled. At 4:23, she was gone. ้ง…ใฎๆ™‚่จˆใฏใ€ใ‚‚ใ†ไฝ•ๅนดใ‚‚4ๆ™‚23ๅˆ†ใ‚’ๆŒ‡ใ—ใŸใพใพๆญปใ‚“ใงใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้‡ใซใฏๅŸƒใŒ็ฉใ‚‚ใ‚Šใ€4ใจ5ใฎๆ•ฐๅญ—ใฎ้–“ใซใฏๅฐใ•ใช่œ˜่››ใŒๅทฃใ‚’ไฝœใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ๅˆ—่ปŠใฏๅˆฐ็€ใ—็ถšใ‘ใพใ™ใ€‚ๅฅณๆ€งใŒ่ฅŸๅทปใใ‚’็›ดใ—ใ€้ง…ๅ“กใŒ่ท่ปŠใ‚’ๅผ•ใ„ใฆใƒ›ใƒผใƒ ใ‚’ๆจชๅˆ‡ใ‚Šใพใ™ใ€‚็ด™่ข‹ใ‹ใ‚‰ใ“ใผใ‚Œ่ฝใกใŸใ‚ชใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธใŒไธ€ใคใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎ่ถณๅ…ƒใพใง้™ใ‹ใซ่ปขใŒใฃใฆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่ชฐใ‚‚ๆ™‚่จˆใ‚’่ฆ‹ไธŠใ’ใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ ๆฑฝ็ฌ›ใŒ้ณดใ‚‹ใจใ€้ณฉใŸใกใŒไธ€ๆ–‰ใซ้ฃ›ใณ็ซ‹ใกใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้–‹ใ„ใŸๆ‰‰ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅนใ่พผใ‚€้ขจใซๆ™‚ๅˆป่กจใŒ้Ÿณใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใ€ใฉใ“ใ‹ใงๅญใฉใ‚‚ใŒๆฏ่ฆชใ‚’ๅ‘ผใณใ€ๅˆ—่ปŠใŒใŸใ‚ๆฏใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใช้Ÿณใงใใ‚Œใซๅฟœใˆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ‚ชใƒฌใƒณใ‚ธใ‚’ๆ‹พใ„ใ€ๆŒใกไธปใฎๅฅณๆ€งใซ่ฟ”ใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฅณๆ€งใฏๅพฎ็ฌ‘ใ‚“ใง็คผใ‚’่จ€ใ†ใจใ€ๅˆฐ็€ใ—ใŸๅˆ—่ปŠใ‹ใ‚‰้™ใ‚Šใฆใใ‚‹ไบบๆณขใฎไธญใซๆถˆใˆใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใปใ‚“ใฎไธ€็žฌใ€่ฆ‹็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใฌไบŒไบบใฎ้–“ใซใ€ๆ™‚่จˆใซใ‚‚ๆ™‚ๅˆป่กจใซใ‚‚ๆฑบใ—ใฆๆธฌใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฎใงใใชใ„ไฝ•ใ‹ใŒๆบ€ใกใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ 4ๆ™‚23ๅˆ†ใ€ๅฝผๅฅณใฏๅพฎ็ฌ‘ใฟใพใ—ใŸใ€‚4ๆ™‚23ๅˆ†ใ€ๅฝผๅฅณใฏใ‚‚ใ†ใใ“ใซใฏใ„ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
Everything physical has a date. But how you make others feel last forever. With this, my run reached the destination but never stop writing, unlike the physical, it never ends up... The #vss365 #prompt, which is #dead.
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#vssromance #carry #poem #poetry ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” The subway rattled beneath Buenos Aires. Her head slipped gently onto my shoulder, and I felt her breathing settle into the rhythm of the wheels. My station came and went. Its name flashed briefly through the window, then vanished into the tunnel. I could have woken her. Instead, I let the train carry us farther into a city I did not know. For once, being lost felt exactly like arriving. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎใƒ–ใ‚จใƒŽใ‚นใ‚ขใ‚คใƒฌใ‚นใ€‚ๅœฐไธ‹้‰„ใŒ็”บใฎๅœฐไธ‹ใ‚’่ตฐใ‚Šใ€่ปŠ่ผชใŒ่ฆๅ‰‡ๆญฃใ—ใ้Ÿณใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้šฃใซๅบงใฃใŸๅฝผๅฅณใฎ้ ญใŒใใฃใจๆ—…ไบบใฎ่‚ฉใซๅ‚พใใ€ใ‚„ใŒใฆใใฎๅฏๆฏใฏ่ปŠ่ผชใฎ้Ÿฟใใซๆบถใ‘่พผใ‚“ใงใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใŒ้™ใ‚Šใ‚‹ใฏใšใ ใฃใŸ้ง…ใŒ่ฟ‘ใฅใ„ใฆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใƒ›ใƒผใƒ ใฎๅๅ‰ใŒ็ช“ใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใ‚’ไธ€็žฌๆจชๅˆ‡ใ‚Šใ€ๅˆ—่ปŠใŒๅ‹•ใๅ‡บใ™ใจใ€ๅ†ใณๆš—ใ„ใƒˆใƒณใƒใƒซใฎไธญใธใจๆถˆใˆใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ่ตทใ“ใใ†ใจๆ€ใˆใฐ่ตทใ“ใ›ใŸใฏใšใงใ™ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใงใ‚‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใใฎ็ฉใ‚„ใ‹ใช็œ ใ‚Šใ‚’ๅฃŠใ—ใŸใใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅˆ—่ปŠใฏใตใŸใ‚Šใ‚’ไน—ใ›ใŸใพใพใ€ๆ—…ไบบใฎ็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใชใ„็”บใฎใ•ใ‚‰ใซๅฅฅใธใจ้€ฒใ‚“ใงใ„ใใพใ™ใ€‚ ้™ใ‚Šใ‚‹ในใ้ง…ใ‚’้€šใ‚Š้ŽใŽใ€ใฉใ“ใธๅ‘ใ‹ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ‚Œใชใฎใซใ€ใใฎใจใใฐใ‹ใ‚Šใฏใ€้“ใซ่ฟทใ†ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใŒใ€ใพใ•ใ—ใใฉใ“ใ‹ใซ่พฟใ‚Š็€ใใ“ใจใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซๆ„Ÿใ˜ใ‚‰ใ‚ŒใŸใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
My love, what dreams draw us into each otherโ€™s arms? Weโ€™d stay here forever if you wished. Or just say the word and Iโ€™ll carry you to the other side of the globe as long as this dream never ends. Your #vssromance prompt for this week is #carry. @PPPRetw88t @The_Scribblings
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#vss365 #bravery ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” in a harbor of brightly painted houses, a bridge swung aside to let a ship pass. Even the crossing, I thought, knew how to change its shape without ceasing to be a crossing. Along the waterfront, a child called to her grandmother in a creole tongue. The words carried echoes of shores I could almost recognize, yet belonged entirely to this one. I found myself trying to separate themโ€”โ€” this sound from one language, that rhythm from anotherโ€”โ€” as though every syllable owed allegiance to a single origin. Some crossings had been chosen. Others had been endured. The language carried both histories without erasing either. The child called again. Her grandmother answered. Their laughter passed between them without asking permission from a map. Perhaps bravery was never the courage to remain pure. Perhaps it was the courage to speak in a voice shaped by many shores, and to call this shore home without having to prove where the voice began. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎ่‰ฒ้ฎฎใ‚„ใ‹ใชๅฎถใ€…ใŒไธฆใถๆธฏ็”บใงใ€ไธ€ใคใฎๆฉ‹ใŒ่ˆนใซ้“ใ‚’่ญฒใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใ€ใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจๆจชใธๅ‹•ใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅ‘ใ“ใ†ๅฒธใธๆธกใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใฎๆฉ‹ใงใ•ใˆใ€ๆฉ‹ใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ใ‚„ใ‚ใšใซใ€ใใฎๅงฟใ‚’ๅค‰ใˆใ‚‹ใ“ใจใŒใงใใ‚‹ใฎใ ใจใ€‚ ๆตทๆฒฟใ„ใฎ้€šใ‚Šใงใ€ไธ€ไบบใฎๅฐ‘ๅฅณใŒ็ฅ–ๆฏใซๅ‘ผใณใ‹ใ‘ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใฏใ‚ฏใƒฌใ‚ชใƒผใƒซ่ชžใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใฉใ“ใ‹ใง่žใ„ใŸใ“ใจใฎใ‚ใ‚‹่จ€่ชžใฎ้ŸฟใใŒใ€ใ„ใใคใ‚‚้‡ใชใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ใใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใฏ็ด›ใ‚Œใ‚‚ใชใใ€ใ“ใฎๅœŸๅœฐใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆ€ใ‚ใšใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใฎ้Ÿฟใใ‚’ๅˆ†ใ‘ใฆ่€ƒใˆใ‚ˆใ†ใจใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ“ใฎ้Ÿณใฏใ‚ใฎ่จ€่ชžใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€ใ“ใฎใƒชใ‚บใƒ ใฏใ“ใกใ‚‰ใฎ่จ€่ชžใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€‚ใพใ‚‹ใงใ™ในใฆใฎ้Ÿณ็ฏ€ใŒใ€ใŸใ ไธ€ใคใฎ่ตทๆบใซๅฟ ่ช ใ‚’่ช“ใ‚ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€‚ ่‡ชใ‚‰้ธใ‚“ใ ๆธก่ˆชใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚่€ใˆๅฟใถใปใ‹ใชใ‹ใฃใŸๆธก่ˆชใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใฏใ€ใฉใกใ‚‰ใ‹ไธ€ๆ–นใฎๆญดๅฒใ‚’ๆถˆใ—ๅŽปใ‚‹ใ“ใจใชใใ€ไธกๆ–นใ‚’ๆŠฑใˆใฆ็”Ÿใใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅฐ‘ๅฅณใŒใ‚‚ใ†ไธ€ๅบฆๅ‘ผใณใ‹ใ‘ใ‚‹ใจใ€็ฅ–ๆฏใŒ็ญ”ใˆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ไบŒไบบใฎ็ฌ‘ใ„ๅฃฐใฏใ€ๅœฐๅ›ณใซ่จฑใ—ใ‚’ๆฑ‚ใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚‚ใชใใ€ๅฝ“ใŸใ‚Šๅ‰ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซ่กŒใไบคใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏๆ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅ‹‡ๆฐ—ใจใฏใ€็ด”็ฒ‹ใงใ‚ใ‚Š็ถšใ‘ใ‚ˆใ†ใจใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใงใฏใชใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ ๅนพใคใ‚‚ใฎๅฒธ่พบใซใ‚ˆใฃใฆๅฝขใฅใใ‚‰ใ‚ŒใŸๅฃฐใง่ชžใ‚ŠใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€ใใฎๅฃฐใŒใฉใ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅง‹ใพใฃใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚’่จผๆ˜Žใ™ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚‚ใชใใ€ไปŠใ„ใ‚‹ใ“ใฎๅฒธ่พบใ‚’ๆ•…้ƒทใจๅ‘ผใถใ“ใจใ€‚ ใใ‚Œใ“ใใŒใ€ๅ‹‡ๆฐ—ใ ใฃใŸใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚
Our fears taught us that life was best lived in defiance. Those walls were a challenge not a deterrent. So today's #vss365 #prompt is #bravery.
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#WriteMap 609 #MORE #poem #poetry Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at the ruined temple, our guide read the names of kings from weathered stone. Beyond a fallen column, weeds grew through the old kitchen floor; a hearth still wore the color of smoke. I wanted moreโ€”โ€” not another king's victory, but one ordinary morning in the cook's life. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎๅดฉใ‚Œใ‹ใ‘ใŸ็ฅžๆฎฟใงใ€ๆกˆๅ†…ไบบใฏ้ขจ้›จใซใ•ใ‚‰ใ•ใ‚ŒใŸ็Ÿณใซๅˆปใพใ‚ŒใŸ็Ž‹ใŸใกใฎๅใ‚’่ชญใฟไธŠใ’ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅ€’ใ‚ŒใŸๅ††ๆŸฑใฎๅ‘ใ“ใ†ใงใฏใ€ใ‹ใคใฆๅŽจๆˆฟใ ใฃใŸๅ ดๆ‰€ใฎๅบŠใ‚’็ชใ็ ดใฃใฆ้›‘่‰ใŒไผธใณใ€็‚‰ใซใฏใ„ใพใ ใซ็…คใฎ่‰ฒใŒๆฎ‹ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ‚‚ใฃใจ็Ÿฅใ‚ŠใŸใ„ใจๆ€ใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ€ใใ‚Œใฏ็Ž‹ใฎๅ‹ๅˆฉใซใคใ„ใฆใงใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ใ‹ใคใฆใใฎๅŽจๆˆฟใง็ซใ‚’่ตทใ“ใ—ใฆใ„ใŸใ€ๅใ‚‚ใชใๆ–™็†ไบบใฎใ€ใ‚ใ‚Šใตใ‚ŒใŸๆœใฎใฒใจใจใใซใคใ„ใฆใ ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
Please consider giving my prompt a try #WriteMap 609 Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future. All writing forms are OK (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, etc.). Prompt (optional): MORE
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#WriteMap 609 #MORE #poem #poetry Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” at 7:17, the brakes hissed above a ravine. A woman climbed aboard, rain in her hair. We tucked in our knees; someone lifted a basket. Outside, the mountain road narrowed to a thread along the cliff. Inside, we made more roomโ€”โ€” and somehow the world grew wider. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ€7ๆ™‚17ๅˆ†ใ€ๆทฑใ„่ฐทใ‚’่ฆ‹ไธ‹ใ‚ใ™ๅฑฑ้“ใงใ€ใƒใ‚นใฎใƒ–ใƒฌใƒผใ‚ญใŒ้‹ญใ„้Ÿณใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚้›จใซๆฟกใ‚ŒใŸ้ซชใฎๅฅณๆ€งใŒใฒใจใ‚Šไน—ใ‚Š่พผใ‚“ใงใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ไน—ๅฎขใŸใกใฏ่†ใ‚’ๅผ•ใๅฏ„ใ›ใ€่ชฐใ‹ใŒ่ท็‰ฉ็ฑ ใ‚’ๆŒใกไธŠใ’ใฆๅ ดๆ‰€ใ‚’็ฉบใ‘ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ็ช“ใฎๅค–ใงใฏใ€ๅฑฑ้“ใŒๆ–ญๅด–ใซๆฒฟใฃใฆไธ€ๆœฌใฎ็ณธใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซ็ดฐใใชใฃใฆใ„ใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉ่ปŠๅ†…ใงใฏใ€ใ‚‚ใ†ใฒใจใ‚Šๅˆ†ใฎๅ ดๆ‰€ใŒ็”Ÿใพใ‚Œใ€ใฉใ†ใ„ใ†ใ‚ใ‘ใ‹ใ€ไธ–็•Œใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใŒๅบƒใŒใฃใฆใ„ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚
Please consider giving my prompt a try #WriteMap 609 Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future. All writing forms are OK (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, etc.). Prompt (optional): MORE
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#MidJourney365 #ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠ365 ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” along the road, the evening wind moved freely through open doorways, carrying smoke, dust, and voices without asking whom they belonged to. We asked. We said us, and a center appeared. We said them, and drew a border around it. Then we called the line a definition, as though a word could be innocent merely because it was precise. We measured their names with our tongues, their histories with our clocks, their lives against the narrow marks on a ruler we had made ourselves. What would not fit, we called inferior. What we could not hear, we called silence. We opened a gate and named it welcome, provided they came through without their language, their memories, or the stubborn dignity of remaining themselves. When they fell quiet, we called it peace. And I, who had crossed so many borders, believing that I had left them behind, felt that same ruler in my hand. Even my wish to understand them had quietly asked them to fit inside what I already knew. At dusk, the wall cast its shadow on the side we called home. Their voices still passed through. We did notโ€”โ€” mistaking the limits of our knowledge for the limits of the world. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใ€ๅค•ๆšฎใ‚Œใฎ้ขจใŒ้–‹ใ‘ๆ”พใŸใ‚ŒใŸๆˆธๅฃใ‚’่‡ช็”ฑใซๅนใๆŠœใ‘ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚็…™ใ‚„ๅŸƒใ‚„ไบบใ€…ใฎๅฃฐใ‚’้‹ใณใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใŒ่ชฐใซๅฑžใ™ใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚’ๅ•ใ†ใ“ใจใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ๅ•ใ†ใŸใฎใฏใ€ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใฎๆ–นใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใŒใ€Œๆˆ‘ใ€…ใ€ใจๅฃใซใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€ใใ“ใซไธญๅฟƒใŒ็พใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ€Œๅฝผใ‚‰ใ€ใจๅฃใซใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ€ใใฎไธญๅฟƒใ‚’ๅ›ฒใ‚€ๅขƒ็•Œ็ทšใŒๅผ•ใ‹ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ—ใฆใ€ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใฏใใฎ็ทšใ‚’ใ€Œๅฎš็พฉใ€ใจๅ‘ผใณใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใพใ‚‹ใงใ€่จ€่‘‰ใฏๆญฃ็ขบใงใ‚ใ‚Šใ•ใˆใ™ใ‚Œใฐใ€ใใ‚Œใ ใ‘ใง็„กๅžขใงใ„ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‹ใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ€‚ ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใฏ่‡ชๅˆ†ใŸใกใฎ่ˆŒใงๅฝผใ‚‰ใฎๅๅ‰ใ‚’ๆธฌใ‚Šใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใŸใกใฎๆ™‚่จˆใงๅฝผใ‚‰ใฎๆญดๅฒใ‚’ๆธฌใ‚Šใ€่‡ชใ‚‰ใคใใ‚ŠไธŠใ’ใŸ็‰ฉๅทฎใ—ใฎ็‹ญใ„็›ฎ็››ใ‚Šใซๅฝผใ‚‰ใฎๆšฎใ‚‰ใ—ใ‚’ๅฝ“ใฆใฏใ‚ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅŽใพใ‚Šใใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ‚‚ใฎใ‚’ๅŠฃใฃใŸใ‚‚ใฎใจๅ‘ผใณใ€่žใๅ–ใ‚Œใชใ„ใ‚‚ใฎใ‚’ๆฒˆ้ป™ใจๅ‘ผใณใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใฏๅฃใซ้–€ใ‚’่จญใ‘ใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚’ๆญ“่ฟŽใจๅใฅใ‘ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใŸใ ใ—ใ€ๅฝผใ‚‰ใŒใใฎ้–€ใ‚’ใใใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใซใฏใ€่‡ชใ‚‰ใฎ่จ€่‘‰ใ‚‚ใ€่จ˜ๆ†ถใ‚‚ใ€่‡ชๅˆ†่‡ช่บซใงใ‚ใ‚Š็ถšใ‘ใ‚ˆใ†ใจใ™ใ‚‹ไธๅฑˆใฎๅฐŠๅŽณใ•ใˆใ‚‚ใ€ๅค–ใซ็ฝฎใ„ใฆใ“ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ใใ—ใฆๅฝผใ‚‰ใŒๅฃใ‚’้–‰ใ–ใ™ใจใ€ๆˆ‘ใ€…ใฏใใ‚Œใ‚’ๅนณๅ’Œใจๅ‘ผใณใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅนพๅคšใฎๅ›ฝๅขƒใ‚’่ถŠใˆใ€ใใ‚Œใ‚‰ใ‚’่ƒŒๅพŒใซ็ฝฎใ„ใฆใใŸใจไฟกใ˜ใฆใ„ใŸๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใตใจใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใฎๆ‰‹ใซใ‚‚ๅŒใ˜็‰ฉๅทฎใ—ใŒๆกใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใซๆฐ—ใฅใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ไป–่€…ใ‚’็†่งฃใ—ใŸใ„ใจใ„ใ†่‡ชใ‚‰ใฎ้ก˜ใ„ใ•ใˆใ€ใใฎไป–่€…ใซๅฏพใ—ใฆใ€ใ™ใงใซ่‡ชๅˆ†ใŒ็Ÿฅใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฎๅ†…ๅดใซๅŽใพใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใ€ใฒใใ‹ใซๆฑ‚ใ‚ใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ๅค•ๆšฎใ‚Œใ€ๅฃใฏๆˆ‘ใ€…ใŒๆ•…้ƒทใจๅ‘ผใถๅดใซใ€ใใฎๅฝฑใ‚’่ฝใจใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅฝผใ‚‰ใฎๅฃฐใฏใชใŠใ‚‚ๅฃใ‚’่ถŠใˆใฆๅฑŠใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ๆˆ‘ใ€…่‡ช่บซใฏ่ถŠใˆใ‚‰ใ‚Œใšใซใ„ใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚่‡ชใ‚‰ใฎ่ช่ญ˜ใฎ้™็•Œใ‚’ใ€ใ“ใฎไธ–็•Œใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใฎๆžœใฆใ ใจๆ€ใ„่พผใฟใชใŒใ‚‰ใ€‚
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#vss365 #bravery ๏ผˆๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใฏไธ‹ใซ๏ผ‰ Mid-Journeyโ€”โ€” in a workshop beside the canals, the furnace breathed its orange weather into the winter morning. At the end of an iron pipe, a glassblower turned a gathering of light. Each breath widened the vessel; each slow rotation kept gravity at bay. I watched its delicate rim take shape, almost perfect in the trembling glow. Surely, I thought, this was the moment to let it be. Instead, the craftsman opened the furnace and returned his fragile creation to the fire. For an instant, it became less a vessel than a possibility. How easily I had mistaken a moment of beauty for the end of becoming. Outside, the canals held the grey sky in their patient reflections. Inside, the glass was still becoming something neither of us had yet seen. Perhaps bravery begins when we return what we love to the fire, not knowing what it will become. ๆ—…ใฎ้€”ไธŠใฎ้‹ๆฒณๆฒฟใ„ใฎใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นๅทฅๆˆฟใงใฏใ€็‚‰ใŒๅ†ฌใฎๆœใซๅ‘ใ‹ใฃใฆใ€ๆฉ™่‰ฒใฎ็†ฑๆฐ—ใ‚’ๅใๅ‡บใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ้•ทใ„้‰„ใฎๅนใ็ซฟใฎๅ…ˆใงใ€่ทไบบใŒๅ…‰ใฎๅกŠใ‚’ๅ›žใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ๆฏใ‚’ๅนใ่พผใ‚€ใŸใณใซใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใฎๅ™จใฏ่†จใ‚‰ใฟใ€ใ‚†ใฃใใ‚Šใจๅ›ž่ปขใ™ใ‚‹ใŸใณใซใ€้‡ๅŠ›ใซๅฝขใ‚’ๅฅชใ‚ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ‚’ๅ…ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€็นŠ็ดฐใช็ธใŒๅฝขใฅใใ‚‰ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใใฎใ‚’่ฆ‹ใคใ‚ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๆบใ‚‰ใ‚ใๅ…‰ใฎใชใ‹ใงใ€ใใ‚Œใฏใปใจใ‚“ใฉๅฎŒ็’งใซ่ฆ‹ใˆใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ‚‚ใ†ใ“ใ‚Œใงๅๅˆ†ใงใฏใชใ„ใ‹ใ€‚ไปŠใ“ใใ€ใใฎ็พŽใ—ใ•ใ‚’ใใฎใพใพใซใ—ใฆใŠใในใใงใฏใชใ„ใ‹ใ€‚ๆ—…ไบบใฏใใ†ๆ€ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ€‚ ใจใ“ใ‚ใŒ่ทไบบใฏ็‚‰ใฎๆ‰‰ใ‚’้–‹ใ‘ใ€ๅฃŠใ‚Œใ‚„ใ™ใ„ใใฎไฝœๅ“ใ‚’ใ€ๅ†ใณ็‚Žใฎไธญใธๆˆปใ—ใฆใ—ใพใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใใฎ็žฌ้–“ใ€ใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใฏๅฎŒๆˆใ•ใ‚ŒใŸๅ™จใจใ„ใ†ใ‚ˆใ‚Šใ‚‚ใ€ใพใ ไฝ•ใซใงใ‚‚ใชใ‚Šๅพ—ใ‚‹ๅฏ่ƒฝๆ€งใใฎใ‚‚ใฎใธใจๅค‰ใ‚ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๆ—…ไบบใฏใ€ใปใ‚“ใฎไธ€็žฌใฎ็พŽใ—ใ•ใ‚’ใ€ไฝ•ใ‹ใŒ็”Ÿๆˆใ—็ถšใ‘ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใฎ็ต‚ใ‚ใ‚Šใจใ€ใ„ใจใ‚‚็ฐกๅ˜ใซๅ–ใ‚Š้•ใˆใฆใ„ใŸใฎใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅทฅๆˆฟใฎๅค–ใงใฏใ€้‹ๆฒณใŒๅ†ฌใฎ็ฐ่‰ฒใฎ็ฉบใ‚’้™ใ‹ใซๆ˜ ใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅทฅๆˆฟใฎไธญใงใฏใ€ใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใŒใพใ ใ€ๆ—…ไบบใซใ‚‚่ทไบบใซใ‚‚่ฆ‹ใŸใ“ใจใฎใชใ„ไฝ•ใ‹ใซใชใ‚ใ†ใจใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ๅ‹‡ๆฐ—ใจใฏใ€ๆ„›ใ™ใ‚‹ใ‚‚ใฎใŒใ“ใ‚Œใ‹ใ‚‰ไฝ•ใซใชใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ๅˆ†ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใ„ใพใพใ€ๅ†ใณ็‚Žใฎไธญใธๆˆปใ™ใจใ“ใ‚ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅง‹ใพใ‚‹ใฎใ‹ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚Œใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚
Our fears taught us that life was best lived in defiance. Those walls were a challenge not a deterrent. So today's #vss365 #prompt is #bravery.
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