Princess Tutu
プリンセスチュチュ
-Fakir and Ahiru-
-Snowflakes-
White and delicate they caress his face.
He looks to the sky.
His gaze follows them though he cannot trace
where they choose to lie.
A little duck beside him quacks softly.
She's filled with fear.
He turns to her, she is waiting keenly.
She wants his answer.
A sigh escapes his lips, he does not know.
Together they watch
the pale feathery flecks fuse with snow.
"No two snowflakes match"
he suddenly says, "no two are alike."
The duck looks at him.
He repeats again, "No two are alike."
Then moving his limb,
draws her closer than she already is,
looks her in the eye.
"I'm sorry, I knew you were always his,
your heart cannot lie.
And though I loved you, I could not tell, not
when you loved my friend."
Then he closed his eyes and silently sought,
the right words to spend.
"Ahiru, for what it's worth, I love you."
Tears welled swiftly,
in the cerulean eyes. "I love you,"
he whispers gently.
"Like snowflakes, no two endings are the same.
If you will let me,
I will take you dancing and without shame.
Ahiru, you'll see
that I will take you away from the torn
pages of the past
and enter the new pages that is sworn
to bear a love that lasts."
Philip Lehmann