Inu (Dog)
The fourth poem in the "Kibito's Thoughts" series.
By LadyRivka
A/N: Shoonen-ai, of course, and also written in response to the new dubbed epis I got on DVD. I prefer subbed, Kibito doesn't seem like such an idiot in Japanese. And he didn't in the first dubbed part of the Buu saga, but during the Zet Sword epis, I was sooo maaad at the dubbers!- L.R.
I see these mortal eyes upon me
Gazing at me, wanting me to
Grovel at your feet, call you "Master",
Eat table scraps off of the floor like a common dog.
I see these mortal eyes upon me
And I cannot tell them I have emotions,
Feelings, thoughts, dreams, desires.
They do not even consider me sentient,
For I am but a servant.
I see these mortal eyes upon me
Staring at me if I were some sort of animal, rabid, mad.
I fear that they will hunt me down and kill me
Because to them I am less than themselves.
But, turning away from the gaze of mortals
I turn into your eyes, my Kaiooshin-sama,
Your sweet, understanding eyes, ever reassuring,
And I am reminded that I am no dog, nor rabid,
But a perfectly sentient, free being bound
Only by the invisible shackles of our love.
Curses to those who think otherwise!
Perhaps they are the groveling dogs,
Wanting to please a master they know not,
Eternally jealous, foaming mad, at the one who does.
-L.R.
