ヒグマが棲む 山奥の渓流に
桂の巨木が
ひっそりと 倒れていた
あまりにも壮絶な姿を
しばらくは
呆然として 見続けた
朽ち果てた巨体に
精気を宿した細い枝と
わずかな葉が あった
それらの葉は
周囲の紅葉に負けじと
色づいていた
懸命に
最後の色を 絞りだしていた
(北海道釧路市)
(隔月刊「風景写真11・12月号」に掲載)
In a stream, deep in the mountains, where the brown bears live.
The giant laurel tree.
He was just lying there, quietly.
It’s too spectacular.
For a while.
I just kept looking at it in amazement.
To the decaying behemoth.
With a slender branch that bears the vibrancy of
There were a few leaves on it.
Those leaves are
Be defeated by the surrounding foliage.
It was colored.
The fallen tree of the laurel was working hard to squeeze out the last of the color.
(Kushiro City, Hokkaido)