たばこの気持ち

本日の見たまま俳句

友の死に　決めた道なり　秋が来る

友の訃報　悲しみ越えて　秋に立つ

〈2022.8.23〉

［情景］

同郷の3人、歩いて来た道は違えども、春に1人（章夫くん）欠けた（訃報）ことを知りました。

コロナ禍の中で、お見舞いや葬儀（家族葬）参列ができず、いきなり知って悲しみや後悔が後を引きます。

旧盆も過ぎ、秋の足音が近づくなかで、センチメンタルな気分に浸るより、友の分まで長生きしようと思いました。

Today's haiku as I see it

The news of my friend's death has made me determined to face my old age, and autumn is coming.

I am sad to hear of my friend's death, but I will overcome my sadness and face the autumn (my future old age).

August 23, 2022.

［Scene.]

Three people from the same hometown, although they had walked different paths, learned in spring that one of them (Akio) was missing (obituary).

In the midst of the Corona disaster, we were unable to visit him or attend his funeral (family funeral), and the sadness and regret we felt when we suddenly learnt of his death lingered.

With the old Bon festival now past and the footsteps of autumn approaching, I decided to live long enough to see my friend's passing, rather than to dwell on sentimental feelings.

世の中は良いことばかりじゃありません。福島県東白川郡塙町の水元地区で、僕と同級生の男性は2人でした。

今日（2022.8.21）、その一人である芳美くんから「章夫ちゃん、どうしてるかなぁ〜、電話が通じない。心配です」というLINEが届きました。

そこで僕は、章夫ちゃんの実家をネットで検索し、電話してみました。お兄さんの幸一さんが電話に出ましたので、章夫ちゃんの消息を恐る恐るお聞きしました。

「実は、去年から入退院を繰り返していたけど、3月5日に章夫は亡くなり、嫁さんも後を追うように、3月8日に亡くなりました」「合掌」

そうか、コロナ禍の時代、僕らの世代ともなると、少し連絡を怠っていると死んでいることが、普通にあるということを痛感させられました。

The world is not always good. In the Mizumoto district of Hanawa Town, Higashishirakawa County, Fukushima Prefecture, there were two men who were classmates of mine.

Today（2022.8.21）, I received a line from one of them, Yoshimi, saying, "Akio-chan, I wonder how he is doing - my phone is not working. I'm worried about him.

So I searched for Akio-chan's parents' house on the Internet and called them. 

Koichi, Akio's older brother, answered the phone, and I asked him if he had heard from Akio.

He said, "Actually, Akio was in and out of the hospital since last year, but he passed away on March 5, and his wife followed him and passed away on March 8."

Well, The Age of the Corona Disaster,I was made keenly aware that in our generation, it is common for people to be dead if we neglect to contact them a little.