Apple Peel

Apple Peel
by me(whatever)
to Setsuna Plus

why do you act the way you do?
from the camera,
I watch the outside.
Surely it's just a little thing,
but the question I have to keep asking,
is "who are you?"

the portraits in the winding hallways,
reflecting the unhappiness of humanity.
I wrote a letter to you
peeled of apple skins,
smiling, smiling, smiling
with every tiny phrase.

Is this good enough?
with all the jokes aside,
I'm becoming quite tired.
If you envy the sky fish,
would you open the books every once in a while?
please forgive my bluff.

ten thousand leaves,
floating decapitated through my head.
The pages I marked with them,
grow a million apple trees.
It's almost like fear,
sprouting beneath the eaves.

Daruma

Daruma
by me(whatever)
to Leave in Summer, Yet you're in my Fluffoughts

Mr. Daruma, Mr. Daruma,
why do you follow me so?
From the pinnacles of Tokyo tower,
to the depths of London below,
I feel you from the shadows.

Your eye gleams black,
even in the shimmering sunny day.
It's always the same,
your play of dismay,
so why can't I get away?

Mr. Daruma, Mr. Daruma,
the summer is waning thin.
this train has taken me
as far as I have yet to begin.

Mr. Daruma, Mr. Daruma,
I won't walk from the past as you do.
adieu to your wishes,
I refuse to be blue,
yet wouldn't you agree too?

だるまさんがころんだ。

Birdcage

Birdcage
by me(whatever)
to Fly Out

goldfish swimming in a bowl,
the hardwood desk she sits at.
Words I don't understand,
the window to the world.

Wings, beak, and talons,
chirping tomorrow's short songs
the hands who trespass,
the echoing daylight.

A slow life, a bored life,
I've always flitted the distance
from pole to pole
in the window to the world.

the staring goldfish,
the sliding closet she opens.
gestures I don't understand,
the blue of the sky.

feathers, voice, and heart,
barred 460 times per minute.
the eyes who trespass,
the echoing night.

From then to now,
I've always fought the distance
from pole to pole
in the blue of the sky.

Milk & Honey

Milk & Honey
by me(whatever)
to Fireworks

The shadows sink lower in the remnants of the day,
when the sparks light and flicker inconsistently.
I felt my daydreams spin together
in a warm glass of milk.

the dragonflies and the butterflies,
where do they go when I'm asleep?
With a smiling mouth, and a gentle tongue
you led yourself away.

the blossoms on the trees,
blooming even in the coldest of nights.
In a world such as that,
I'd like to walk underneath the sparse coverage.

Locked away in a bottle, and slowly drowning,
the reasons and emotions become tied.
Where do I go when I'm asleep?
I'm running barefoot among a thousand fireworks.

They didn't understand when I lied,
and holding mittens against my face,
I realized the birdcage was still shut.

Even when I stepped lightly against the stone steps,
heaven wouldn't open those letters I left.
the leaves scatter, and enveloping an abandoned desire,
They and I watch the autumn dusk. 

Adding honey to the past words,
the clock that holds my name silently clicks.
as I gulp down the rest of the pain,
a nightingale sings from far away.

A song no one else can hear,
even when I told the truth,
they didn't understand. 

The message will be delivered,
carried through the ocean until the time melts slowly.
a ship made of dreams and deceit,
will carry me on.

Until I can step on the concrete paths,
I'll be gathering all the noises from here to there.
Where do they go when I'm asleep?
the wheel breaks the butterfly.

Echoing in the space between here and there,
the tautology will smear the dragonfly wings incomprehensible.
Inside a ghost of what you will be,
disappearing quietly in a horizon of pure white.

Campanella

Campanella
by me(whatever)
to Dear Future

within the pendulum of an unseen moon,
the world is eaten away.
To you, and to me,
we counted the number

back and forth,
the amount of stars hidden
behind our heads
is all I can remember.

the lines in the sidewalk,
control the squares in which we walk
I threw away an apple,
where the core was dried and shriveled.

sleep tight,
in a blanket full of fantasies, I said
"I've had enough of dreams"

On a life that keeps running,
I try to remember through every reflection
in the train window,
where Campanella disappeared to.

Cantarella,
unable to open your eyes,
listen to my voice,
listen to my voice.

"teach me to breathe underwater"
every word you spoke
lost within bubbles. 

hand on the music box,
you replayed the melody.
as though catching herons,
your eyes darted back and forth.

The globes within the night,
I chase them across the map.
hearing voices at every turn
I tried to remember yours.

 Already lost within the labyrinth,
I crawled past the festival of stars.
Back to the place you disappeared,
falling asleep in the darkened river. 

Destination

Destination
by me(whatever)
yesterday
to Kiyoharu- Slow

In the city alone
there's nowhere to go
Without a destination
I wander in nothing.

Lost, Lost
the passing cars put me in spotlights
my shadow stretches on
as I stand with my head down.

The childhood loneliness
as I grow older, it remains.
Everything rushes by
as I continue to wait and wait.

I heard a whisper
as I was asleep last night,
but the clock spins faster and faster
and I can't remember what it said.

"Hello, goodbye,"
it's all the same.
If I wonder what tomorrow will bring
I begin to lose hope.

Take me to my destination,
the place I can overcome myself.
Take me to my destination,
to where it won't hurt anymore.

Take me to my destination,
I can't find it by myself.
Time is turning on and on,
give me courage to chase it.

The cold, sweet air
settles in my lungs as I cough it out
all these letters
like questions marked on a page.

The people pass by
without handing me answers
I woke to a screaming voice
realizing it was my own.

Take me to my destination,
give me a reason.
Take me to my destination,
to where I can be someone else.

Take me to my destination,
Answer me! Answer me!
Take me to my destination,
Take me to tomorrow.

Stowaway

Stowaway
by me(whatever)
to of monsters and men- little talks

wrapping my head around
all those lies
once again
I'm stuck in this box again, right?

there is a beast there,
waiting to eat me alive
throughout the maze
you made
to hide in.

Packed in
shoved in
crowded in
stowaway

on the ship I once sailed
far across that long-past
gaping sea.

Put your head down,
the animals that paraded the stair
sniffing,
searching you out.

Packed out
shoved out
crowded out
no one
nothing

Let us wrap your head around
all those lies
Recovering your mind from sorrow
simply to be stuck
in an old, thrown-away wrapper.