The Nameless Color

As long as you don't name it and just feel it,
that emotion is still in a state of being 'alive'.

If you rush to put it into words,
that color will surely fade away.

This color
might be a color I have never encountered before.

So, 'let's leave it quietly'.

An unknown color
that I have never tasted before.

Something that cannot be explained—
it is something that slowly rises
from the deep layers of my existence.

The more you feel an emotion is 'hard to understand',
the more it might be 'genuine', perhaps.

However, I won't try to prove it,
nor will I try to gain anything from it.

I want to cherish this tenderness I've never touched,
without giving it a shape.

This color cannot be taken by anyone.
It is my treasure, like a dream.

—Afterword—

Perhaps emotions that cannot be put into words
are actually the most certain ones of all.

It is fine if I cannot explain them to anyone.

I simply wanted to gaze at the color
that breathes quietly just as it is.