1.What encroaches at my feet are fragments of memories –
2.Falsehoods, whisking me away like running sand.
3.They crumble… and disappear.4.
5.Hearing the echoes of feelings that got away from me,
6.My gently caressing fingers give them form.7.
8.Behind that beautiful smile, surely,
9.Is a white, brittle… truth – that alone being held captive.
10.Not being allowed to shroud itself in anything,
11.The far-off voice of a prayer rings out.12.
13.For now, still whispering in my heart, are fragments of memories –
14.In the sound of waves known as time, eventually,
15.They’ll slip away… their color fading.16.
17.Telling me, “If you can’t bring yourself to want to forget…”
18.You tied these echoes to one another.19.
20.One could profess to only care about the beauty,
21.Of that white, brittle… truth – but even seeking only that,
22.An open seam that can never be mended,
23.Will let out its pained cry.24.
25.I wanted to know, so I reached out my hand;
26.In this place, it still remains in its original form.27.
28.Behind that beautiful smile, surely,
29.Is a white, brittle… truth – that alone being held captive.
30.Not being allowed to shroud itself in anything,
31.The far-off voice of a prayer rings out.
Translated by:
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