Silent Whimper

A tail in my eyes, deep and silent,

Your name on my lips, like a prayer.

The shadow of distance falls upon me,

Love is a lifetime, like a faint trace.

Roads stretch farther away, one after another,

Streets are now empty, because you are gone.

Look, sorrow gathers at the farthest edge of my heart,

Every evening I search for you, offering you to the shadows.

Time passes and passes, yet this fire within me,

Is hidden as a memory, with every falling leaf.

Even longing for you feels like living,

My solitude hammers iron in that final smile.

Will this yearning end, will this wind fade,

Love is a seepage in me, like an endless winter.

Since you left, the world feels like an emptiness,

I have been kneaded with sorrow, like the quietest applause.