Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. If I did, he wouldn't be so wishy-washy when it comes to girls. And just for good measure, I don't own any of Christina Rossetti's works, either.
An Elegy for Kagura
"Who has ever seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by." — Christina Rossetti
Graceful as a moonbeam wisp,
Violent as the storm.
In majesty you walked aloft
To freedom were you born.
Freedom were you born of yet
to slavery held bound.
But now fly free, ever dancing,
Fly, wind, above the ground.
Wind goddess, spread wide your wings
Float gently round the globe.
For you death holds no meaning; So,
In your flowing robes,
Dash shed tears from our faces,
You who've passed us by.
Know as you soar our hearts are with
you; now, teach us to fly —
Dance the dance of freedom, come
shed your earthly chains.
Nevermore shall you be captive;
Fly uncontrolled, untamed.
No more can we see you, wind,
Come, dry our teary eyes;
In memory we bow our heads;
Your suffering ended,
fly…
I'm not the sort to cry when reading a book. (Really, I'm not.) But when I read Kagura's death scene I bawled for a good twenty minutes. And I didn't start feeling better until I 'wrote myself out' with this poem. Needless to say, it's a little out of date now, but I didn't have an account four months ago. ;0)