-This is re-uploaded because ff dot n hates me. It insists on screwing with my formatting every freaking time I try to post something, and it's getting kind of annoying. Anyway, sorry to anyone who got two alerts for this.- XP

-Eggy

A/N: Three pages of poetic Ryou Bakura angst. I suppose if you want you can read it as really twisted tendershipping, but that was never its actual intent. Like most of my poetry, it was written during a fit of insomnia. Enjoy.

I'm
Shattered
You broke me
Forced me down
The discarded toy
A nameless face
I'm the one you can't see
But the voice you still hear
Whispers
They follow me
Wherever I go
Waiting
Waiting
For a chance
Predator meets pray
Fear meets flight
My wings are clipped
I can't escape
Even if I want to
Morbidity
Has always been my flaw
But now there's blood
It stains my hands
(The ones that you stole)
And I can't help but think
Admit
That maybe
Just maybe
I shouldn't have let you win
Though I'm no fighter
I'm still a sinner
Mother's bane
Father's shame
I guess I wanted someone
To care
To share
That special someone
Turns out you're not the one
Figures
I should have known
You're that stain
That bane
That shame
Oh well
Too late now
Because I'm sunk

I'm
Ruined

Flawed perfection

The oxymoron

Bloody red snow

Like my skin

My sin

(That word again)

It follows me

Broken dreams

Murdered

Slain

You can't feel it

You're incapable

Of love

Of hope

That's what you say

Do I believe you?

Maybe

There's a chance

You've done everything else

Why not this?

Why me?

Was I chosen?

Questions

They sting

Sear my skin

Ash white stares

Burn into my back

They want to know

Why

I'm

Tainted

Poisoned

I won't ever be the same

Even when you're gone

(Will you be gone?)

I'm yours now

Labeled

The stolen one

The precious one

It's not fair

Life's not fair

Chances

Never taken

Beautiful silence

Will you take me?

Save me?

Or am I trapped here?

Always trapped here

No escape

The doors are sealed

Let's settle the score

Finish this now

Before it's too late

(It's never too late)

I want to win

Can I?

Will I?

Help

My silent plea

The darkness cries

Tears of blood

So much blood

And in it

I'm

Soaked