Fireflies

Hotaru ( Poem)

By takada-san

It was the 14th of May,

And all I can do is pray,

That he won't leave on this day,

But fate has left me astray.

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I watched the fireflies lit up,

As I waited for him by the river.

He was going to meet me tonight,

And I felt nothing but fright.

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I turned and saw his face,

He came out from the darkness in such slow pace.

His amethyst eyes then smiled sadly,

And there I knew, he'll leave me badly.

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He spoke kind words to me,

And then hugged me gently,

My throat had suddenly ran dry,

And I can't do anything there but cry.

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He released me slowly from his embrace,

And apologized for what he has made,

And for a second, to me he passed by,

His sorrowful eyes bid me 'goodbye.'

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My knees had weakened and I cried on the ground,

Saying his name, hoping he'd hear my sound,

But he didn't look back and kept on walking,

He left me with the fireflies while I was mourning.

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The fireflies danced around me,

Laughing and mocking me silently,

My time has stopped, my world has ended,

And there they were, dancing as if nothing happened.


Author's Ramblings: this was actually almost the same as my fic "hotaru", i just made it in poetry format. i was actually going to pass it for the school paper, i'm a staffer of the paper and decided to pass this one together with the fanart i made of kenshin hugging kaoru (we all know that tear-jerking moment), i'm also one of the artists of the paper so i decided to add the art. anyways, i want to know if you like it or if i should do some editing.

read and review, minna! arigatou!