Disclaimer:Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me. Give credit where its due, as in not me.
A/N:Not much of an authors note. I wrote this after I saw the OVA for the second time,
and I still love it. Even though im a true bred yaoi fan, I have a soft spot for Tomoe and
Kenshin, as we all remember our first loves ne? Plus, Tomoe was a real woman, while...ok, dont
get me STARTED on Kaoru. Anyway, this poem is dedicated to everyone at PHH for supporting me.
~Xara
You make it rain blood, you said
I, like the startled teenager i was
Wide eyed and innocent
Out of place in the history i was writing
Stared at you
Covered with the blood of the mortal i had slayed
Standing like an angel in the torrential gushing of the skies
Not much older than myself
The smell of sake on your lips
Your feet and kimono stained with blood
My errant hands having caught the world ajar
Unknowing
My cheek holds the scar of your dead happiness
The wound of a sword with malice
will bleed until the hatred is sated
The gods must have chosen us my love
For the chosen ones suffer more
Within a year, my mortal soul will cry out your name
For you are the part of me I cannot live without
I would never have helped you, my love
If i'd known my contained love would lead to this
The cross of salvation
I know now that we can be together
for the wound without malice will never fade
like the guilt i feel now that you lie here
The ugly hole only destroys your beauty
But does not kill the love i have for you
I will protect your memory
And one day i will put down the sword
For i know that i will not meet you in an alley again
With a dead man at my feet
And it will no longer be raining blood
Xara
29th August 2001