Our Secret Base

For animfreak749

Series: Fruits Basket

Pairing: YukixTohru

Request: strawberries, secret base, and ribbons

Word Count: n/a

NOTE: I don't know why I decided to do a poem for this one. If you want me to redo it, let me know and I will. It's not one of my better ones, and in some places reminds me of Dr. Suess. If you don't know who that is, you should. His work is awesome (even if they are children's books).

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He watches me, as I dig in the dirt
He takes me in, lets me work
This is his place, his home far away
and I am flattered he's asked me to stay
We work together, help to grow
all of the plants and the seeds that we sow
The leeks the cat hates, but eats nonetheless
(why he does so I never could guess)
There are the radishes all in a row
What the rat planted after the snow
The strawberries he bought just for me
Are growing next, under the shade of the tree

He watches me as I pull at the weeds
and dig a small hole, a home for my seeds
The prince, the rat, the boy we all love
Eyes made of violets, hair of a dove
My friend, once lost, out of sight
Brought back to me from the dark of the night
We work together, at our secret base
Where we come to when we need to escape

The wind blows my hair, blocks him from sight
But I know that he's there, bathed in the light
of a thousand rays of sun-powered heat
which warms his face and guides his feet
He pulls my hair back, ties it with ribbon
Showing his love and his care freely given
And we work side by side in our garden with care
Hoping that no one knows we are there

The cabbages are fresh, ready to eat
and we water the things that would die from this heat
I'm sad when we pack up our things to go
Yet I'm still happy, for this I know:
We'll come back to this garden some day
and continue our work that is play
Just me and the rat in this small little space
That we have made into our own secret base

THE END