Fireworks

2021
Unique
Acrylic on Acrylic
58.5 x 38.5 x 9cm

You stand there, transparent like smoke, I dare not reach for you because you might fade away
Behind you are white flames blooming wildly
The sea shattering that very flame,
And a pitch black night sky, no single star.

It was night, but everything was pure white
You, the flames, the sea, everything
If I stretch out my hand, everything might disperse like smoke
So transparent

The wind blows
The bamboo trees standing behind my back
Make the sound of rain, bumping against each other
And the illusions once in front of my eyes
Fly away
With you

Is it right for me to exist in this place?
I don't know where I am, but I'm floating here right now, somewhere pure white
I hear the sound of fireworks
I'm pushed to where the sound comes from

There are plushies
Each time one explodes, yellow flames bloom, and white smoke shoots out to fill the air
A plushie resembling a stranger pops
A plushie that resembles you pops
A plushie that resembles me pops.

Your hand comes out from the pure white fog
You grab me
You say
Let's go back now.

The fog disappears behind us as we return to reality and yellow flames bloom wildly.
Even that cooled to red and scattered like smoke. In the end, all that remains is a pitch-black night sky, no single star.