Author's Note: If Kikyo finally took the remaining part of Kagome's soul as InuYasha, who came to late to save her, watches.
Damned
Within my grasp, her tender light
Slipping through my fingers like a soft green waterfall
Flowing from one to another
Giving back life to the one that she was; never is, never was
Skin of pale moonlight beneath my touch
No jasmine scent to fill my thoughts
No breath to caress my hardened features
Gone now, into the other; a face I knew so well
She is the one who held - pierced - my heart; a single arrow
I am hers forever
Rising from scattered ashes and scorched earth; no scent but sweet ruination
Beauty matching the woman beneath my grasp
I forget who she is as I stare into long dead eyes; poison pearls
Black as the soul who took their sight away
I rise, leaving a limp shell at my feet; so beautiful in tragic repose
Running my claws through midnight hair
Like hers; no stars gleam in these silk strands
No life in her gaze or warmth in the hand resting on my face
A bare goddess before me, but I feel nothing - remorse; remember
Her name surfaces in my swallowed consciences
A soft white flower floating atop a turbulent sea
I had come to late; her fate my mistake
She who saved me from myself; discarded at my feet
Shame; I tighten my grasp on the imposter before me
I feel the flow of her stolen soul; beating against its clay bars
Poisoning it slowly with hate and the lingering webs of death
Doomed to hell, this fragile clay doll; filled with past regrets
Hostage a soul and aura so pure and undeserving
Of this punishment never meant for her; for me to break my heart, soul
Lost love - feelings betrayed - fill my porous stone heart; a hole blackened
Hate and blind rage are drowned out by sadness and love lost; guilt my eternal mistress
Love - so strong - for the fallen angel laid before me; skin of stars dust and ethereal light
Jasmine lingers on false skim - in my memory it lives - and I seize it
Rage; I pull apart this haunting urn, ash all that remains
Free; a soul as green as the eyes - seas of mystery - I long to see
Kneeling I pull the women I had waited - fought - for
Freeing me heart, body, and soul - now so cold; I hold her frame close
To hear my heart beating beneath skin that burned for her; a heart beating for her
Jasmine surrounds me - betray my sanity; intoxicating
Whispering words I never meant to say - desperation breaking down my walls
"I love you" from lips that had waited centuries for her taste
Warmth beneath my shaking, calloused hands
Sweet breath against my neck; shivers of desire stop my heart
Tears fall onto my bare skin, setting aflame my already burning skin -extinguish my inner consuming flames
I live; live for her as she now lives for me
Eyes of forest moss stare at me; into me, deeper than I could ever know
Knowing the words that whispered her into life
So much time wasted; lives taken
Never again leaving the side of the true living; deity of my heart
Fingers of such delicate features trace the lines of my soul
She leans in; midnight silk filled with stars
Brushing against my face; I feel for now I live
Lips of jasmine and cherry blossoms meet mine of spring rain and fire
Mixing - colliding - to create a sky of dew petals and blazing suns
She is my now and forever
She is mine; my Love
She is my Kagome.
