In the shadow of the waning moon

It all started with "a demon that devours your pain and suffering"

In the shadow of the waning moon

 

 

The aroma of uncut flowers lingers

Gracefully, just like you

When their words don’t reach you,

They disappear from deplorable branches

 

If I can't be the butterfly that flies through your skies

At least let me be a demon that devours your pain and suffering,

Watching you from beneath the shadows of your spreading glory

 

Oh heavenly winds, I entrust my wings to you:

I want to reveal my true feelings

Dreams are fleeting; my chrysalis heart stops reincarnating

The fading night’s tears dance in the hazy sky

 

Just like you, who breathes life into me,

The scent of fate's flowers remains

It’s fine if the spirit of these words

Flicker back to me in a different form

 

If I can't flutter as a butterfly in your beloved sky

I don't care if I become the monster that destroys you,

You who bloomed in this wild and foolish world

 

Oh, divine winds, take this feeling

And scatter it among the leaves of time

Dreams are momentary; our meeting

Is granted by the vanishing spring’s echoes

As it nears the end of its slow reincarnations

 

Oh, celestial winds, make this feeling

Disperse among the feathers of the past

Time is fleeting; I look to heaven,

Tears of the waning moon are in the misty sky

 

I gaze up at the heavens in the shadow of the waning moon

Author's Note

Any suggestions? especially the 5th stanza?