Whee! Another poem! You guys have inspired me, normally I feel like I can't write poems that well! Anyway, I have finished this one for Kikyo. I had so many verses for this one, and couldn't decide how to put them together... there were many left out that just didn't fit. But anyway, this is what I came up with. I had wanted to get into the more sensitive side of Kikyo, like how she would feel to be stuck in a world where she didn't belong, but I mostly came up with her anger of betrayal from Inuyasha. Oh well, I hope you like it anyway! Also, I have started one for everyone's favorite lecherous monk, but it's still in the works. Have to perfect it... But I will probably post that one sometime soon too. So keep a look out for it. Thank you to all who reviewed! It makes me feel great! *grins* Merikiera, Dante Gemini, InuYashima, Ruu-chan, and Litoasngyrl, you guys all rock!

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I am saddened to be lifeless

Though I'll never let you know

I have nothing to tie me down

I go where the restless winds blow

My heart no longer beats for you

My wounds will not bleed

My skin is pale, my hand cold

Air I shall not need

So quickly betrayal and hate

Have taken over my soul

Wretched fate was cruel to us

It has left me no console

I pinned you to the tree though I bled

I was weak and my vision was blurry

Still my arrow hit its mark

Filled with rage and fury

The hands of time carved its course

Your tongue silenced, your eyes couldn't see

I scorned my love for you

And rejected your love for me

Seasons changed from summer to fall

Autumn leaves fell and died

Old forsaken passions were lost

Cold winter winds sighed

Silly little boy, you thought you were in love

You know there will be hell to pay

The flame of life was lit and put out

This is the hollow where the dead play

Remember this tragic shrine maiden

Who once held your fragile heart

Until the day that tore us down

When fate ripped us apart

Betray me not once again

When your eyes open and your ears hear

I shall clutch your wounded heart so she

may not be the one to soothe your fear

I exist in your precious memory

As a vivid image of true love

She can try to make you forget

But it will be I that you think of

I shall hold your heart always

And I will never let it go

You will love my hatred of you

But my heart will stay cold as snow