A/N: Four out of the eight poems I published/plan to publish has something to do with Sasuke directly, or as a second character. His character is probably something . . . I can sort of relate to (just in a more non-homicidal way, of course). For some reason, poems with Sasuke in it, like "Paper Boat" or "Monster", seem to come out better than, say, "Dattebayo! More Than Just So" and "Sakura, a Poem". ? Does this say something about me? O.o

By the Waterfall

So it seems to me
That I have won
This round.

Where the dead-last
Still can't defeat
The genius.

No one here
To stop me
From killing you now.

I guess
This means
The end.

My forehead protector
Falls aside me, where,
A single scratch carries through Leaf.
Traitor to the village, that is who I am,
A step forward that can never be
Brought back.

Water droplets fall across my face.
It is the Valley of the End,
The valley where our ancestors fought.
It is
A mirroring view of history,
As if
It is, up there, someone's irony,
Like the fate that binds us
Beneath our sadistic god's hand.

By the waterfall
The sky
Keeps on crying.

A tragedy,
They call it,
An sad misunderstanding.

One way routes
Back home,
Where life remains.

One way lies
The promises of power,
Of revenge certain to be achieved.

There is no compromise, no middle ground,
It is one way or the other,
A path of darkness or a path of justice.
I have to choose.

The man's voice comes back once more,
The same voice that haunted my dreams:
"Come to me, Sasuke,
And only when you have
The same eyes as I."
Only then we will be equal,
Only then shall I win.

It is one simple action,
A stroke, a slice,
Crossing the boy's throat,
Ending his life.

I had avoided company,
Warmed to no one,
Knowing one day
My best friend will have to die.
Yet I failed to do so,
And now the consequences
Is the crossroad between
To be or not to be.

The Mangekyou Sharingan
Spins before me.
It is the symbol of Itachi,
The symbol of him.
Revenge isn't about nobility
It is simple justice,
Nothing more.
One boy won't matter.

But, for some reason—

I can't do it.

Footsteps are
Coming towards
Me.

Kakashi
He arrives too late
Again.

You lie there,
Stone cold,
With the life I've spared.

I take one look
And head
Across the river.

This is the life I choose.
This is what I will lose.
Revenge.
An avenger.

Today I've spared your life on a whim,
But tomorrow,
Memories will simply be a dream.
Forgotten.

By the waterfall,
Where the valley ends,
Here I choose
To go on forward.
Never looking back.

I hope our paths
Never cross again,
Naruto.