I feel so sad.  “Akatonbo(Red dragonfly)” makes me want to hum when I look at the autumn scenery.  The older I get, the more it oozes in my heart.  Gently hum alone.  The scenery around me becomes blurry as soon as I see it.  By the time I finish singing, my tears won’t stop.  His parents divorced when he was young. He could hear from her mother by the 15-year-old “Sister(a baby sitter) “ who his mother sent after she returned to her parents’ house, but he became not to be able to hear from his mother because “Sisters” married.  “Akatombo” was written by Rofu Miki, who worked as a therapist in Hokkaido, where his mother had lived, with such lonely memories.  The memories of the past are all different.  However, it is the “red dragonfly” that everyone wants to hum.

せつないですね。秋の景色を眺めているとつい口ずさみたくなるのが「赤とんぼ」。歳を取れば取るほど心に滲みてきます。そっとひとりで口ずさみます。みるみるうちに辺りの景色がぼやけてきます。歌い終わる頃には涙が止まりません。幼い頃に両親が離婚。実家に帰った母親が差し向けた15歳の「姐や」に負んぶされて聞いていた母の便りも、姐やがお嫁入りしたので聞けなくなりました。そんな寂しい思い出を、母の実家のある北海道でセラピストとして働いていた三木露風が作詞したのが「赤とんぼ」です。過去の思い出は皆んな違います。しかし皆んなが口ずさみたくなるのが「赤とんぼ」です。