Just a short little thing I wrote. I was watching Spirited Away and this thing just popped into my head when they were saying good-bye. That was a bitter sweet moment wasn't it?

Disclaimer - No way I want to take rights to Spirited Away away from Hyo Miazaki. That man is pure genius!

This is from Haku's POV.

I let you go.

Your hand left mine as you walked away.

I made you promise not to look back.

You stayed true to your word.

Even though there was a moment when I could see you pause and almost turn.

But you didn't. Good girl.

I almost wished you had looked back,

Just so I could see your face again.

But I didn't want you to see my face,

Less you turn from freedom forever,

To comfort me and stop the tears that leak down my face.

You're too kind for your own good sometimes.

My grief is mine and mine alone to bear.

I let you go.

And with a shimmer and a flash

You left and were gone.

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You had to go.

A flower can not long remain

In a garden that is not it's own.

It withers and dies.

Or it changes from the beauty that once it and it alone held,

To a beauty that is found in everyone of a kind that is not it's own.

You, my little flower, must thrive.

I could not allow you to do anything less.

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A caged bird does not sing for joy.

I know, since I have seen both sides of the cage.

Caged, the bird flaps its wings in hope to retain

Some memory of what outside the prison is.

A song from the throat of that bird,

Is no more then a strangled sob, cleverly designed to imitate.

But the true song lies deep in the chest.

Dying a bit more each day of imprisonment.

You will sing in freedom, if I have any say in the matter.

I will not allow you to spend your days laboring in a place you do not belong.

No matter if you choose to do so or not.

You will not be caged like I was.

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I let you go.

I set you free and stayed myself imprisoned.

But I can live with that.

I can live with almost anything,

So long as you are free to sing and thrive.

And I can live well enough too,

Because I made you a promise,

And it is one I intend to keep.

We will meet again.

This I swear.

Someday, sometime we will.

I can only hope that it is sooner then later,

Because everyday has been too long and too empty

Since the day I let you go.

:wipes tear away: I love Haku. He's so sweet and kind and noble and sacrificing and :bawls: I want to hug him!

Review? Yes, please!