Tohru's Nightmare

by Osaka Tiger

A poem of Tohru's desire to break the Sohma family curse. Tohru reflects on her progress and the possible consequences which face her if she succeeds any further.

Tohru's nightmare.

Sometimes I withdraw in my mind,

Seeking the answers I cannot find,

Throughout the days, I search for the cure,

Knowing that Akito's wrath I may endure,

I feel I must pay back the debt,

Although I will fail at that I fret,

Oh how he insists on keeping them binded,

The head of the family is surely cold-hearted,

But from what Kureno tells me,

It is not all his fault, his behaviour wasn't born,

That type of psyche can only be taught,

There's a lot you don't know about what makes him this way,

You don't why he is the way he is today,

He revealed to me something, that changed my perception,

Of Akito, my hopes of helping, the entire situation,

It was a spiral of darkness, for which I couldn't escape,

My heart felt as if torn apart from a wild ape,

I was giving up hope, paralyzed in a statue-like groove,

For the rest of the day, I could not move.