Is there something dark? Dark, dark, deep down inside me Something that keeps me Away from the center ring A divergent path indeed

Distractions of youth Parade like bright spring flowers Always on the mind Entangling my weak heart To the land of mud and ice

Life’s obligations A daunting sea of turmoil With crest after crest I’ll hide in this briny shell Till the tide forgets my name

My Grandfather’s last dream In a deep sea of white, heavy thun… Until a peaceful respite blinks What will it bring? Will the rain… With their piercing showers, will…

Ask me who he is A tall tree and branches keen words drop; leaves shaken I try to collect them all But forget them by the stream

To puddle one’s words Few are willing to admit Myself least of all To fall and land upon earth Closer to Earth than before?

愛の歌 空に隠れた それなのに この忘れない 音、まだ響く

I pray for the day When my mind is clear Silence, sweet silence Schemes and impulses forgone To live without a shadow

Just for a moment To glimpse from dusty pages A single white flash Tenuous seconds follow Until a roaring reply

A midst cold classrooms Seemingly short dialect Audio-connect Slowly frozen hearts will drip As conversations bubble

Self-expressional Crooked poster on the wall Self-intentional Will you shatter, will you fall? Who will fix your frame of old?

Red and orange glitter Dancing delicately high Above winding paths Falling to the great grey streams Falling for grace, or duty?

Busy decisions Like an endless moon cycle Such a waxing life