Let me hold a branch to become your guidepost
In my mouth, and drop it at your feet
So that that little one on the opposite bank won't lose her way

Don't think that everything that's out there
Is what's reflected in your eyes
Profiles laughing as they pick still too unripe berries
Even if they taste that bitterness, what tiny wings carry is perfect
Simply by being born and shining--thinking that,
I embraced you from behind as you flew away

In the shadows of trees during an evening shower,
I hid my breath
Let me hear your cry
I want to talk a little, up until the rain stops

Let's live for the sake of connecting
The children to be born with these wings that build small nests
And the view that your eyes command
The loneliness I feel when I see you off
And this place where we embraced and fell asleep
Will both remain vacant forever, won't they?
I'm so proud of you, always

Don't think that everything that's out there
Is what's reflected in your eyes
Profiles laughing as they pick still too unripe berries
Even if they taste that bitterness, what tiny wings carry is perfect
Simply by being born and shining--thinking that,
I embraced you from behind as you flew away