It was a rainy day 
when I was wondering
why did she never leave
like others do 
why didn’t she stop fighting
to protect me, us
from the raging forest
around us 
were growing
why not stop 
why not 
why not leave 
why not.

I murmured
aren’t you tired 
the fight you keep up
won’t last forever
that puts me up to 
a DUTY
that I must fulfill 
to protect her 
with all my strength 
when she’s at a push

If this weren’t the
truth 
you were to leave us
all by ourselvesin the dark
I could have been the 
daredevil
with no responsibility
and no duty
to hold

YOU put me up to this 
which makes me
hate you
hate myself
to push myself 
so far 
even if I didn’t fit in
tearing my skin 
for the thinnest mistake
for the thinnest line 
I cross against
the dreams of your
pure and mellow 
to dream.

Sorry for this fine life, you gave 
sorry for me living in it 
and sorry if I ever made you regret
for this is for 
my mother
is a silent 
woman enduring 
the sacrificial fire
just for our
promising hereafter
that makes me a 
Fox born to a Deer 
like you.