running to rakuen – tsume's requiem

nuriko kamaiji


i run

and i run

i never know how long

through fields and barren wastelands

deserts of sand and snow

blowing icy wind

endless screeching wind

a tireless breath

an empty call, soundless and shallow

without memory or thought

yet i still follow thru

wandering to the nameless places and desolate cities

hunger, rage and solitude

all the things i needed, all the things i ever had

burdensome scars weight down on my soul

blood, fangs, betrayal

these are the memories buried in this scar on my chest

overplaying anger, endless slaughter

useless

useless

hoping, praying

for something better

this the world we know

eternally dying

i needed nothing

but gentleness reached out to me, beseeching voices

some grating, some sweet, some singing

all alone in the cold

another's life flashes before me

empty, shallow with slivers of warmth

real happiness

strange, how sad…

running, running on eternally

bastards, i'll make it if i die

and yet i hear a voice singing to me

telling me gently

we'll meet again

perhaps in paradise