The cherry blossoms fell

Before winter's chill

A young girl sat nearby

Alone on a hill

Her name was Sakura, which meant 'cherry blossom'

She had many friends, which was awesome

But she wanted something, she was desperate

She wanted a boy, one that was restless

One that would sit with her and watch the spring sky

No matter how much time went by

But she had none

At this point, she would take anyone

She wondered why she was alive

While she waited for her dream boy to arrive

She sat outside, crying

Inside she was dying

To meet someone like her

And she didn't care, she didn't prefer

A certain looking boy over another one

As long as he didn't make fun

Of her or her likes

One winter day, as the ice

Conglomerated on the roads

Sakura went to her hill; she had loads

Of things to think about

And as she pondered, shivering because of the winter chill

She noticed someone else sitting on a nearby hill

Excited, she ran down the hill

Hoping that Providence had the goodwill

To give her a boy on this cold day

As she got closer, the person said, "Hey!"

Sakura said, "How was your day?"

The person smiled

He was a boy, and a handsome one

Sakura didn't want to stun

Him too much

So she started out talking

About her day, and walking

With him

She figured out that his life was as grim

As hers, and she felt bad for him

That he had to go through all that

She didn't want to sound like a brat

So she asked, "If you don't like what I say, scat."

"You seem to have a hard life.

It seems full of strife

If you rely on me

You will be happy

Oh, gosh, this is getting sappy."

The boy smiled

He was very beguiled

By Sakura and her beauty

He considered it his duty

To at least reject her kindly, with dignity

And he did so brilliantly

But then he saw the tears in her eyes

As she looked up to the gray skies

And he said to himself

"Don't tell yourself lies

Come on, with her, look up to the skies."

The boy looked up

And Sakura sighed

And then she cried

"Why doesn't anyone love me?

I wish I had died!"

The boy also cried

"Why are you so cruel to yourself

If I was you, I wouldn't kill myself

Over a foolish boy problem."

Sakura looked into his eyes

In them she could see no lies

A sudden sadness came over her

And, her vision a blur

Because of tears streaming down her face

She left the hill and went back to her place

The next night she returned

To see that the cherry trees were burned

Inside, her heart churned

With violence and sadness

And many things combined

She saw a note in the ashes

And who had signed

The note, no one but

The boy on the hill

Sakura shouted, "How dare he!"

As tears fell down her cheeks

She had no future

And she wondered when her heartbeats

Would halt, stop, and give up

And then she would slowly break up

Into ashes, like the cherry trees

The blossoms could never again have bees

Fly around them in the spring

They could never again make lovers sing

They were dead, gone

As Sakura wished to be

As she stood there, mired in her tears

There came a voice she wished she'd never heard in her ears

"Do you want to end up like that

You boy crazy brat?"

The boy from the hill was behind her

Throughout the air, the smell of myrrh

Floated around

"How could you burn those trees?" Sakura asked

The boy sighed, a breath passed

Through his blue trembling lips

As he murmured, "I'm sorry."

Thinking hard, Sakura bit

Her blue bottom lip

"Why did you burn them?" she asked

Many faces passed

By the two in the night

Some gave Sakura a fright

But she stayed, to work through her plight

Even though she would much rather be in flight

Across the sky

Glowing silver with stars

She wished she lived on Mars

Where she didn't have to think of boys

And her sobs didn't have to make noise

Because she'd never utter another one again

She prayed every night

"Please let me fly away."

But she got no reply

Not any day

The boy said

"I like you

Do you feel the same way

Tell me any day."

He turned to go

But Sakura told him no

"Stay with me

I love you."

The boy and Sakura smiled at each other

"I will love you like a brother," the boy promised

"I will love you like a mother," Sakura said, honest

They went together

To their hills; where they braved the winter chills

Together forever