April′s Cat

With what kind of heart did you come to me?

Even in the eyes that gaze at me

As the winter I spent up alone melts away

Spring comes even under the shade

Afraid the nights I spent crying will be found out, afraid even you might leave like that

I’m scared and afraid, but because this is the togetherness I’ve waited for

Tomorrow will surely be warm, that day of dazzling sunlight

If I run to you in one step, if I’m held in your arms

The time that piles up as the seasons turn round and round, like footprints

Will it be remembered like those flower petals?

Because of wounds that don’t erase easily

Even when I needlessly fuss and then feel sorry

Instead, your touch that wraps around me made me dream this night

Even if someday we grow apart, even if we go numb to the name of “memories”

Promise you’ll never cry, because this is the togetherness I’ve waited for

Tomorrow we’ll surely smile, that day of dazzling sunlight

If I run to you in one step, if I’m held in your arms

The time that piles up as the seasons turn round and round, like footprints

Can it be remembered like those flower petals? Even the past days I spent shrinking back

are blooming one by one

May clumsy and slow me dare to follow along?

To that place where the cozy spring rain waves its hand, that day of dazzling sunlight

If I step just one step closer, if I’m held in your arms

The time that piles up as the seasons turn round and round, like footprints

Can it last forever like those flower petals?