Single Color Exhibition [Short Text] *I Had a Dream*

I had a dream that I was undergoing special training for the Echigo-jishi dance on a sandy beach.

I wasn't alone.

I was with a cute, younger friend

who is usually like this Payne's Gray child.

In the dream, she was set as my younger brother. Not a sister, but a brother.

I, the older sister, was beating the drum, and my little brother (her) was practicing handstands with all his might.

I felt so sorry for my brother that I started to cry.

I wonder if our parents are gone.

I wonder if we were sold off.

Should we just run away together along the beach?

...I suddenly came to my senses.

Why am I having a dream like this?

Was this my past life?

I wonder if past lives exist.

I've heard that the people around us now

had a connection with us in our past lives too.

If that's true, I'd be happy.

When I think about it seriously, I suddenly find it uncontrollably funny.

Because it's ridiculous, right? Why on earth the Echigo-jishi?

The two of us rolled around laughing while still wearing our lion masks.

The sandy beach suddenly becomes a bright and fun place

When I woke up, tears were streaming from the corners of my eyes.

They were tears from laughing too much in my dream.

Perhaps she might have had the same dream too

Maybe I should send her an email

A fun morning, thinking thoughts like that.

Do you believe in past lives?

*I participated in Asami Ishino's Single Color Exhibition collaboration. Thank you, Asami Ishino.
*This is a short piece born from Payne's Gray.