Unseen

by Isabel Night

For humans, the physical world is limited by the five senses. For Dais, happiness comes from a special place, a place that cannot be seen.

Disclaimer-I will never own any of the mentioned characters, plays, or theater make-up styles. Everyone and everything belongs to his or her respective owners, writers, singers, producers, stage actors, voice actors, and all the people whom are associated with the following. I would also like to thank fellow writer and Beta Reader of this poem, Cora for looking over my work.

Unseen
Isabel Night

The day Anubis became a Warlord
Was the happiest day of my life
It must have been First-Time Father Syndrome
Because I was pacing left to right
My good eye watched him sleeping
A memory I now hold dear
Those innocent looks that went untouched
Year after year after year

Everything changed around us
Yet four humans stayed the same
Our victims died, the Sakura bloomed
Like those humans in the Yoshitune sembon-zakura play

We put on our Kabuki makeup
We waited, then took the stage
Four came out, but one fell down
A falling that would save the day

Twenty mortal years from now
When the mortals look back and glean
How will our Ogre be remembered?
A number, a victim, or maybe even a killing machine
Or will the youngest of us be remembered as something else?
As something closer and dearer to me
Something Cale, Sekhmet, and I will treasure
In a way that no mortal can perceive

THE END

End Notes-Yoshitune sembon-zakura is a Kabuki play that was written in 1747. The setting is based on the 12th Century Taira-Minamoto War, which has often been referred to as Japan's "War of the Roses." The title translates into The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitune. Also, Kabuki is a popular type of theater, next to the Puppet Theater and Noh Theater in Japan, which was said to have been started in the Edo Period by a woman named Okuni.