A Series Of Poems

Am I out of my mind? Maybe. I was extremely bored in some lessons and started writing – as soon as pen hit paper this sparked off. I tried to do a poem for every character. There may be different styles. Hope you like.

Warning. Some of them are long – almost one-shot short stories. Some don't rhyme, but normally I do poems that don't rhyme. A variety of characters. Try and guess the meaning and who is meant to be saying them.

New Moon

New moon,
Things look so different without an orb in the sky,
There is no trace of amber within your dark eyes,
And though you don't believe it,
Your eyes declare its true,
The reflection of your human side,
Echoes in the blue.

Mayu's Plea

Save me, mummy!
Torched alive,
My hair's on fire!
Can't survive…

I'm here in the cupboard!
Torched alive,
Right by the flames!
Can't survive…

I didn't run away!
Torched alive,
I'm here – it's burning!
Can't survive…

Everything's dark!
Torched alive,
Save me, mummy!
Can't… survive…

Miroku's Symphony

Winter's coming,
I look up and stare,
Drifts of snow,
Dancing in the air.

Pain in my hand,
Distracts me from my dreams,
I close my eyes,
My heart's ripping at the seams.

She's standing by,
Watching my face,
She grabs my hand,
Full of grace.

I don't feel the urge,
I won't annoy her today,
When we can stand like this,
For the rest of the day…

Shippo's Lullaby

Fast asleep,
Nothing's wrong,
In my dreams,
You live on.
Soft and there,
You always will be,
I'll miss you forever,
But not when I sleep.
I pretend there are others,
A mother for me,
You left me an orphan,
With Kagome.

I'm growing up, fast,
I'll prove it to you,
One day I'll be bigger,
Handsomer too.
I'm glad I can beat up,
That Inuyasha when,
I dwarf him completely,
I'll be laughing then.
But Papa I miss you,
So now I'll say goodnight,
Goodbye for now, father,
I'll make it all right.

Rotating Triangles

I don't love two…
I love one…
It's hard to imagine,
We've come undone.

Imagine this:
A cascading triangle,
Flips back and forth to suit
I love him…
He loves me…
He loves another…
One, two, three.
Three after me,
Two after him,
That's the way it is,
Written in destiny.

Screaming For The End

Shut down and ignore,
There is no pain that I feel,
I close my eyes once again,
To search for something real.
My goal has been shattered,
My heart has been broken,
My confidence in tatters,
Words left unspoken.

Where do I choose it to end?
In blood and tears?
The end of an age?
Do I leave it alone and just ignore…
Just sleep and pretend that it never happened…
Driven to the edge… relationships forced…
My friends wouldn't survive such a thing.

Friends… me? Friends?
I belong here – with them, with her.
Nothing can end – yet here I am,
Screaming.

How can there be an end?
When everything ends with death?
When all I want is to belong and fit in somewhere,
To be accepted for what I am.
I don't want to lose her… I don't want to be lost to myself…

Screaming. I'm screaming for the end,
Some don't want it to end,
I do.
I want there to be a new beginning.
I want the sun to rise on me – on my time,
I want to be approved of for once.

A new life… just for me,
Perfect as it should have been,
All those years I've been mistreated and misjudged,
But no more. Not with her.
And I've decided already.
Who do I belong to?
My head can't decide but my eyes can…

Look. There.
This isn't the end – this is my beginning.
What do I decide? Do I stay the way I am?
I look away. Yes. For her.
Then there will be no end. Not for us. Not for me.
My time hasn't finished.
So I'll scream. I'll scream for the end until the end is here,
Until the beginning washes over me and I loop for eternity…
Until the water cascades down my memories…
Until I am someone new.

Scream. Let it go. Ignore.
Hold on to one thing besides hope…
I look up again.
Dark hair. Chocolate eyes… Perfection.
The green makes the excitement in her eyes gleam…
Hold onto one thing.
Never let it go.
They may kill you and they may wound you but they can't take that away…
They can't destroy it…
They can't put an end to your–
Love.

A Slowly Fading Memory

You can't contain it,
You can't describe it,
And like a zombie I live without living,
Breathe without breathing.
I'm not really there,
Just an apparition – gliding through.

My thoughts are not my own,
My body is a puppet,
Harbouring evil – I know that.
I'm incapable of feeling… of loving,
I know.
But that doesn't stop me thinking.

I see you.
You look different.
Innocent.
I'm glad for you.
But you shouldn't waste your love on me.
I'm not who I was, however much I wish to be.

I see her.
She's… everything I'm not,
And I know. You know I know – and…
And that makes it all right?
I shouldn't be alive, yet I am.
Fate is nothing.
This isn't reality.
I am a ghost – nothing more,
I am dead, immobile, cold-blooded and ruthless.

Don't waste your time on me.
When I see you I enter this craze,
The state I cannot leave from half a century ago,
I love you inside and the wounds are still burning,
But no matter how hard I try, I can't get rid of this hatred.

Bury me inside of you as a distant memory,
When I enter this bloodlust I have no thoughts of you,
Just of a talon running my shoulder through.
Remember this – I loved you once,
But in this state you cannot see me,

Take this and note it as a slowly fading memory,
Love her as much as you love me,
Just as it should be.

Starry-Eyes, Darkened Skies

It's late,
Nothing but the wind stirs the branches.
I'm back, yet I say nothing – do nothing.
She's asleep… should I really savage her dreams?
Turn.
No. I shouldn't.
An image of perfection,
In a fictitious destination,
Floating on clouds,
In heaven's shroud.
Ruining such a tranquillity would be a sin…

But since when do I care about that?
Arguments in my head,
Wake her… she wants to see you…
And why would she care to see me?
On and off, like a ball gliding to and fro –
A torch swaying in the moonlight,
A luminous baton being passed back and forth.
Darkened skies – the moon is shadowed and hidden,
I think of my brother… for a moment.
Time thinking about him is time wasted.

Turn.
Asleep still,
Jaken, beside her, snoring loudly.
Crickets are chirping – the breeze is whistling.
Typical night sounds.
The stars are out,
The sky is a highway of brilliant colours and flashing lights.
Absorbing… striking… beau–

Awake. She's awake.
I don't move.
The humming of insects on the breeze,
Her slow breathing as she blinks the sleep from her eyes,
A snore then a whistle, then another deep breath,
My heartbeat sounds in my ears.
Facing her.
Her eyes glint. Two eyes of chestnut brown,
The stars are in her eyes.

I say nothing. I don't turn away,
She does nothing,
She sits childishly,
Then plays with her hair.
No welcome is awarded me,
No happiness is shown.
I feel I've let her down.
Yet she'll stay with me…
Forever, she'll stay with me – I know that now.

I make one movement.
A nod.
She stands. Her eyes are bright – alive,
Burning like a funeral pyre.
She's walking over.
I stiffen,
Her silence is frightening, but I don't persuade her to speak,
The quietness is drowning me out – detaching my thoughts,
One… by… one…

A slightest touch of her hand on my own is enough,
She's in my arms,
Sliding down–
Down. Down. Down to the ground.
The earth is cold and slippery beneath me,
Ignore.
I'm home.
She's here…
That's all that matters.

"Sesshoumaru-sama. You came," she says softly,
I hold her closer until her head is on my chest.
Her thin body is tucked up close,
Small and compact,
She fits snugly at my side.
The sky is darkening further more,
The stars are saying farewell,
We watch them together,
Till they disappear from sight.
I look into her wide eyes,
For the briefest of moments.
Awe-struck, breathing fast – she's happy.
And I see in that moment,
As Rin lets out a sigh,
The stars haven't vanished,
They're there in her eyes.