もっと遠く | Going Further

実家の近くの駅は各駅停車で、子供の頃「もっと遠くへ」と思っても通過もしないで次の駅へ止まる普通電車だったりした。

音がうるさいトロントの地下鉄で次が僕の駅だと思って立ち上がりドア付近に立った。

電車は加速する。
「このままどっかに行かないかな」と思い、一瞬目を閉じる。
電車が減速しだしたとすぐ感じる。
暗い地下鉄のトンネルから閉じた目に差した人工的な光。
やっぱりいつものタイルの地下鉄の駅だった。


A train station near my home had only local service train.
When I was a child, I had this idea of "want to go further."
Of course, it is a local service train. Not only the train doesn't pass any stations but stops at the next station.

On the noisy Toronto subway train, I stood up and walked to stand by the doors for my stop.

The train sped up.
"What if this train would go somewhere else," I thought and I closed my eyes momentarily.
I soon sensed that the train starting to slow down.
From the dark subway tunnel, I began to feel the artificial lighting on my closed eyes.

Of course, it is the same station with the same tiles.