Once a Killer
The forest shadows the young boy,
whose blood drips down my sword,
onto his lifeless body.
For once in my life I feel sick.
Only in this moment,
am I able to push away the Manslayer grown into me.
I receive the name when I fought in the Bakufu Revolution.
All I want is for all the killing to end.
I touch my X scar on my cheek,
I'm in shock that it's bleeding again.
The scar I received from my fiancé,
Who died by my sword.
The one she hopes will change me.
That has changed me,
From a manslayer to a wanderer.
Set out to undo my mistakes.
I look at my friend,
Tall and grinning,
I wish I can be like him.
Innocent.
But I will never be innocent,
For my hands are soaking with red wine.
All I have left to do is to help people.
Hopes arise that they will forgive me someday.
But in His mind I will always be a slayer, a murderer, a fake.
My salvation lies within my friends.
Help me escape the Killer that resides in me.
Help me be reborn once again.
Sinless child.