Waiting...

Taste the burnt sugar lingering,

Smell the smoke in the air swaying,

Hush, hush, I can hear the snow falling,

Will you be here tonight, my love?

I can feel your footsteps on my heart,

Will you knock tonight or tomorrow,

In my dreams I know not when,

I am waiting, I am waiting,

My heart is a thieves den,

Oh how long the road you’ve been on,

How many days have I seen the lonely dawn?

Still here I am waiting, waiting,

I hear your footsteps in my heart,

They’re reverberating ,

Your voice still echoing, aching,

Not yet here, not yet dawn,

Tonight I am alone and trembling,

Hush, hush, I can hear the snow falling,

Will you be here tonight, my love?

~Rei Shiori