Rain

It's raining

Sleepless nights

I keep straining

My ears to catch

Your hushed voice

While rain drops beat

Against the window pane

Relentlessly

A sonata of whispered words

Against my skin

The symphony of broken hearts

It's raining

Tears wetting the sheets

I keep straining

My ears to catch

The voice of conscience

I have no conscience

Anymore

Trying to catch

The voice of reason

I lost my reason

Long ago

Insanity

Has taken over me

It's raining

Crimson rivulets staining the glass

No longer unblemished

No longer pure

You keep draining

My soul

To the last drop of blood

A sinner's soul claiming

A sinner's life

And I keep straining

To catch my breath

It's raining

A thousand pieces

Of shattered glass

I wipe away

A lone bloody tear

Oh, I wish you kept straining

Your ears to hear

My screams and my cries

For you to stay near

My desperate longing

For you to touch

My soul

And ease my fear

It's raining

Cherry blossoms

A symbol of

The transitory nature

Of our happiness

So I keep straining

My ears to catch

Your fading voice

We sold our souls to the devil

It's time for bed

And a bit of the other

It's raining

Wicked dreams and twisted minds

I keep straining

My ears to catch

Your guilty confession

We're playing a dangerous game

Of blood lust and vengeance

Of passion

And possession

Of one another's

Body and mind

I'd kill, I'd sacrifice

For you only

It's raining

Chills down my spine

I'm feigning

Slumber

Begging, deep down inside

For you to entwine

Your fingers in my hair

I'm yearning

For the faint feel

Of your lips on mine

Careful not to wake me

It's raining

Sharp blades piercing my chest

Silence is reigning

Chaining me

To the cross of agony

You are

The one I hate

Yet the only one

I love

I keep restraining

My impulse to scream

Unbearable, yet so divine

It's a double-edged sword

It's raining

Fiery kisses and icy caresses

I'm straining

My ears to catch

Your husky voice

And ragged breath

It's a dance of pleasure and pain

A dance of moonlit skin

On moonlit skin

We surrendered to temptation

We tasted the forbidden fruit

With wild abandon

It's raining

Vivid memories of a lost childhood

I keep straining

My eyes to catch

A glimpse of your face

A white canvas painted in sorrow

The sorrow of loss and regret

Pale features, haunted eyes

Haunted by the past

Just like mine

We're the lost sons

The lost friends

We're lost to the world

It's raining

Black crows

Perched on the window sill

I keep straining

My eyes to catch

Your tender gaze

You're whispering

Sweet nothings in my ear

Yet so many words were left unsaid

Fate is lurking in the dark

Ready to tear us apart

I love you

With every fibre of my being

Brother

It's raining

My last shallow breaths

Blood keeps staining

Keeps drenching

My lily-white yukata

A white canvas painted in sorrow

In sorrowful crimson

I buried my sword to the hilt

Buried it deep

In my stomach

Where the soul lies asleep

I bury my pain

Without flinching

One last time

I am straining

My ears to catch

The sound of your broken gasps

I trust you blindly

Surrender myself

To you

Together

We surrender to death

You and me

Forever misunderstood

And yet

The rain doesn't stop

Falling