The Game of Shougi

by reminiscent-afterthought

[poetry collection] It meant something to each and every person who played the game: dead or alive, man, female, adult or child.

1. Yasuoka Shion

A/N: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, Section B (501-1000 words) – prompt #006 – a poetry collection with an overarching theme. The total word count for the collection is 887 words.

And just as a side note, some of the concepts in these pieces are my headcanon for the characters. :D

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The Game of Shougi
1. Yasuoka Shion

The game had been her little flower
being nurtured, slowly, into bloom
before being splattered in blood
and death, and a nightmarish haze

That wrote the crown upon her head,
became her voice, her legs:
her means for walking on

In that drying sea
that would, soon, become moist
once more.

But her game had been nurtured
like that flower in the garden: watered
with tenderness, and love

…and a soul.