Title: Through Their Eyes
Summary: If all of them could write. If all of them could tell. If all of them were to put their feelings into a poem, what would they say? What would they want to say? What would they need to say? What do they see "Through Their Eyes", that they want to get out?
Author's notes:
Welcome, to my second Fruits Basket fanfiction! Welcome to the magical world of the characters of Furuba and welcome into their minds, feelings, and thoughts. Yeah, yeah, enough with the crappy, corny stuff. As you should know by the summary, this is about their feelings put into poem. If you don't like poetry, then you shouldn't be reading this. If you don't like me, then you shouldn't be reading this. If you don't like anything, well then quite a crappy life you have, don't you? As you can see, I have an attitude, but that's beside the point. The point is, you should be reading these poems. Each of them will have their own little chapter and each of them will be unique and special. So, now that that's over, on with the poems!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Fruits Basket or any of the such. If I own anything, it's just the right to write this.
One "Happy" Family
By: The whole family
That twisted smile,
That harsh voice,
Why does it taunt me?
Why does he hurt me?
Why me?
What did I do?
Is this because of what I am?
Is it because I am cursed?
Why can't I be near anyone?
Why do you have to hurt her?
Why do you have to hurt me?
Why do you have to hurt us all?
Why? Aren't you family?
Why am I the most cursed?
Why must you all hate me?
Can't you for once be glad?
That I'm even alive?
I sit here,
Up on this roof,
Staring,
Forever wondering.
Why was I cursed?
Why couldn't other people realize me for who I am?
Stupid curse,
Stupid true form,
Stupid everything,
Even myself.
Happiness,
What a joke,
What a lie I play,
Quite an act I put up.
Forever happy,
As if the world is fine,
But is it really?
Is everything really fine?
Tell me,
Me, the stupid creature,
Who pretends,
Who lies,
The one that everyone
Thinks is always happy.
Why is this fake smile
Plastered on my face?
Why is it sitting there?
Eating away at me from within.
What do I have to say?
What can I say?
Do I have to complain?
Can't I say that I'm happy?
What a question that is,
"Can't I say that I'm happy?"
What a lie,
A cruel joke.
I'm not happy,
Why should I be?
Mama,
Sissy,
They don't even know me,
So why should I be happy?
How can I pretend to smile,
When I know the world's nothing but a lie?
Why do I pretend?
What am I supposed to write?
Am I supposed to say I'm happy with my family?
Because I'm not!
Why should I be?
We're all cursed,
The dog laughs,
The rabbit jokes,
The cat doesn't pay attention,
The mouse is too busy with himself,
The dragon, what about him?
The cow, he's always off in space.
Akito, that damn Akito.
Can I write this?
Why not?
That damn Akito,
He hurts everyone.
He'd kill us if he could.
Is this even a poem?
I can't say my family is really 'happy',
But I'm not saying that they are very mean.
This isn't turning out to be a poem!
NO, I ruined something!
What can I do?
I ruin everything!
PLEASE FORGIVE ME,
FAMILY!
I HAVE DISGRACED YOU,
AND MY BLABBERING,
IT'S RUINING THIS POEM!
IT'S RUINING A WORK OF ART
THAT WE ALL MADE!
NO!
I'VE WASTED ANOTHER GOOD THING!
I can't say much of my family.
I love them,
But things aren't always good.
Not very often.
I wonder why we can't get along.
Why can't we get along?
Can't we just love one another?
Like how Sissy loves us all?
Can't we be happy?
Why can't we just be happy?
Please,
Can you just smile?
Be happy,
Please be happy.
They say,
My heart is frozen,
But so is this family,
So what can they do?
Our family,
It's shattered,
It's broken amongst the very few,
The excluded few,
Of which I'm among.
Can you tell me?
Why do they say I am frozen?
Aren't they just so?
The sweet sorrow of our family,
It is hidden among us all.
My brother,
The dog,
All of them,
Even me.
The sorrow of our family is in us all.
I laugh,
And pretend not to understand,
But sadly, I do,
I do too well.
I know too well of our pain,
Of our bittersweet ache.
We all want to leave it,
But that we can't,
For the past is dug into our souls,
And that we cannot change.
I suppose,
I'm supposed to write how I feel,
About this family,
But I won't lie.
I hate it,
Not them,
Just the family itself.
Don't you see why?
I can't help it,
I can't hold myself in,
But if I don't,
I can ruin it all.
My temper,
All because of this curse,
Is horrible,
It almost kills.
I can't stop it,
And half the time,
I don't know it's even there.
Doesn't that suck?
Doesn't it all suck?
Yeah, it does.
Ha,
My family, you ask?
I'll tell you about them.
They're all hopeless.
They pray of help,
From a girl,
Who doesn't understand.
She doesn't know anything.
Sure, she knows there's a curse,
But does she understand it?
Of course not!
No one does,
That's why outsiders aren't allowed.
Outsiders will be taken care of,
Very well in fact.
Ha,
What a laugh!
My family,
They're all fools!
After Word:
So, how did I do? Did I do okay? Can you tell which character is which? This one was complicated, but that's okay, because I know I'll get the hang of it. There's still more to come, just tell me if you like it. If you don't, then flames will be used to roast my Quinn-chibi-doll! Yup, I'm roasting a chibi-doll of someone! What fun it'll be! If you like it, do tell me! If you think I have a few things I need to work on, any suggestions at all, then do tell! I love getting comments to help with my writing, or I'll never get better! Well, that's it for now! Next chapter: BEWARE! Prepare for the rambling of: Ritsu! PEACE
Akira Asakura