Yes!  Draith is back!  And soon to have more stuffies for you to read!  Be patient!

     A/N:  Hello readers, I know, it's been FOREVER since I've uploaded ANYTHING, and a long time since I promised my Yuusuke poem, so here… I'm uploading something, AND it's the poem.  Two, two things in one!  Wow!  Yeah, read and review and all, hope you like it!

     Disclaimer:   I do not own YYH.  Or Yuusuke.  Or anything but the stuff I legally own… and some stuff I may not.  Shhhh. 

Journey's End

     Living in the shadows, the darkness of yesterday

Promises broken with no hope of rebirth,

Alone I stand in the ruins of my life.

Ever searching, never finding

Anything to make myself feel complete.

An outcast of people, not accepted but feared;

This world is but a cold and lonely place

It holds nothing for me.

I yearn for somewhere to belong.

     Through the pain there came a door

Death; my release; a deliverance.

No remorse to leave this plane

Though others' cost I could not bear.

A trial of fire, chilled by sorrow

Ghosts of memories that never rest

At the Journey's end, did it begin.

     A new life is born, my eyes open now

I can see the light, but no one's there.

Doomed to live alone carrying this weight

I've turned a page, though nothing's written.

Surrender's not a plan, no turning back

I'll fight on till there's nothing left.

     All thoughts of dreams gone now

Everything for everyone else with no regret

I won't let this just fade to black.

Memories haunt me, they mock the truth

I'm covered in them, but never given warmth.

Can't lean on those I'd hope to defend

I stand alone.

     Life is changing, the day seems different

Waning dusk as light of life fades further

The night closes on betrayals masked in pain

I awaken from the din it gives

Frightened by dreams I cannot recall.

     Sometimes I wake up in the night if only to feel the dark

The weight of responsibility is leaving its mark

A once carefree soul now bound to task

Leaving the burning desire to ask

Why me?

     It seems nothing's as it was before

And only of one thing I'm sure;

Though this path may wind and wend,

It always begins at the Journey's end.

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     A/N:  Well, there you have it.  About a month's time, though three sittings' worth, and I'm done.  Hope you liked it!   I know it seems a bit confusing, but if you think about Yuusuke's life, and experiences in timeline with the lines, it DOES make a semblance of coherent sense.  Yeah.  REVIEW!!!!

-Draith