To Mask a Truth

Disclaimer: I wish I owned InuYasha… that's one of the many dreams I've given up on.

Every time

I hide behind

a mask.

I hide the truth

with a threatening

word of

"die hanyou."

He's my brother,

even if

just half.

We share

a bond.

Dogs are loyal,

to the end

which is why

he cannot be

a friend.

My life

is harder

than he thinks.

Being a lord,

I always

fret.

The constant

Worry

About enemies;

I cannot

lose my

brother

to them.

I try

to help him

along the

best I can

without

getting too

close.

Our sparing

is more

a game

to me,

to test

his strength,

help him

grow strong.

Every time

I hide behind

a mask.

My mask.

To mask

a truth.

a/n: hope you like! it's freeverse so it doesn't have a ryhme schem or any sort of pattern to it. really, to begin with i had no idea it was going to turn out this way. i didn't even know it was going to be a poem! i thought it was going to be a oneshot about SessKag. just shows ya that stories, or in this case poems, have a mind of their own. so please take the time to review and tell me what ya think! -OhBrother