Authors Note: This poem is about how Yahiko feels about hi s life. He doesn't think he quite fits in with the rest of his friends at the dojo. This is how Yahiko feels, but in a poem.

1 Do I belong?

Do I really belong here?

Do they really know how I feel?

No, they don't.

Sometimes I fell happy that I'm with them

Other times I'm unsure about my feelings.

These people are the ones that saved my life.

Should I be like my dad and be a samurai?

All these questions I really do not know.

Some times I think that they really are my family.

Kenshin once said to me, "You have a good fighting spirit that you do. You should hold on to that, that you should."

Is it because of Kenshin's words that I think this way?

Do I belong?