Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its characters (unfortunately).
Was he free?
At the moment,
he didn't care.
For the time being,
he just wanted to,
simply,
live.
Could he?
He didn't want to know the answer to that question.
He wasn't looking for it.
He already knew it.
And so did he.
But, for now, he could pretend.
He was in his safe place,
in the closest thing
that there was to heaven,
here on earth.
He was at school,
in class,
surrounded by others,
going about their daily lives.
Not noticing him,
not caring about him,
unknowingly providing
a few hours of peace
for him (from him).
The freak, as some called him.
The weakling,
the loser,
the shy kid,
the quiet one,
the pale one.
The one with no friends,
the one with no self-confidence,
the one who longed for human contact,
the one who lived in fear,
the one who feared for those around him.
The one who was smarter than he seemed,
the one who was friendlier than he seemed,
the one who could be athletic,
the one who was always last,
the one who could talk,
if anybody ever bothered to try.
The one who wore the long-sleeved shirt,
in the sweltering heat
of summer,
because of the scars he bore.
For them.
For those who didn't even care enough:
to ask him why,
to ignore the fact that he looked different,
to forget that he dressed differently,
to simply accept him,
for who he was.
For them, he took the pain,
for them, he took their place,
and for them, he cried every night.
Silently,
in pain,
in terror,
in wonder,
in isolation,
in various forms of agony.
And they didn't even care.
It was all for them.
I'm now allowing anonymous reviews, since apparently a lot of people have been reading this story. I'm really shocked, but grateful to all readers out there. This is the most hits and visitors I've ever had for any of my fanfics. You guys are so wonderful. And thank you to millenniumthief for the advice she gave me :) Also, thank you to Niilan, Unique Art and millenniumthief for the reviews you have written. I can't properly express how much they mean to me.
Hope you liked this one-shot/poem (sort of a mix of both)! Thank you for reading, and if you can, please review!
Wow, two one-shots and a new chapter all in one day! This is a record for me! :)
Thanks everyone! ~Melody