Echo

Eyes averted, ink-black days
Innocent thread beckoning
From the closed gap reflected 'tragedy'
If put into words, only a bouquet of ninety flowers sent to the past
Even memories cut through the skin like glass
If you wish, let it take the form you desire
The past I turned away from trembled in sound
Unable to meet eyes, turned ears to silence
I know your present too

Starting to feign numbness and laughter
Will you cry? Or will you laugh for me?
Fingers reaching out as if falling
To protect the childlike tears of your existence
I closed my eyelids
If you wish, let it take the form you desire
Without catching me off guard
Outside, it's raining
Without you, I will disappear
The lingering echo of our shared image

If suddenly you were to die
I would find peace
No more crying
No more suffering
No more loving
I love you
In that fleeting moment
The past I turned away from trembled in sound

'I love you' I embraced your crumbling self
Without catching me off guard
Outside, it's raining
If you wish, let it take the form you desire
Counting the blank spaces
Even if the unseen tomorrow is deep darkness
The past has now bloomed
Falling into the endless abyss
After the dry rain
Quietly stacked for eternity