I don't own RK.

Here's my first attempt at a fanfiction. Please tell me what you think. It's Kenshin's thoughts on
what he should have done.

Hindsight

We caused so many tears
And brought so much pain
But when the bodies fell
What really did we gain?
We fought for a new age
In which people would be free
They would have great power
and be as happy as can be.
I was so optimistic then
But now all I can see
Are the people pained
The name I gained
The person who hurt them was me.
I had felled their loved ones
The choice to kill was mine
But there's no way to change this now
For time flows in a line.
Someone once told me
To put the past behind
But my heart, it will not let me
It will not be that kind.
I tried to forget so very hard
And away from myself I fled
But eventually I learned: to forget,
One must go on ahead.
I will protect the people around me
And take away their pain
Maybe, along with it
Will leave this sense of shame.