Author's Note: MORE KENSHIN!!!! Ok, this one is going to be about Kaoru, Kenshin, and their relationship. Kenshin is once again the speaker and starts out talking about his past and another lesson he learned (can you tell I like morals?). By the end of poem, Kenshin will be talking to the person (who taught him the lesson) about his present love relationship with Kaoru. Sound strange? Well, just read it and then you can be the judge. Oh yeah and…PLEASE review!! Ok? Enjoy!!

Living Soul

I can remember a gentle face,

I can recall a perfect place.

A loving voice and a warm smile,

A smooth hand holding mine all the while.

Yet this person's name I do not know,

To find this place I know not where to go.

But words I can still remember,

Words given to me on one cold December.

"Listen closely," they said to me.

"For there is a truth that you must see."

I was tucked away in their arms,

Safely protected from all the world's harms.

"One day I will no longer be here.

One day to you I will not be near.

You will live in this world all on your own.

This time may come before you are grown."

I looked up at them not quite clear,

With what this person wanted me to hear.

But I stayed quiet, ready to learn,

More advice I was ready to earn.

Looking out at the snow all around,

The person let their eyes look at the ground.

"This world is very unforgiving,

This world makes it so hard for living."  

"Compassion you must always show,

Give understanding to all that you know.

For even now people still can be changed,

Their lives can still be rearranged."

"Learn to act out of love and not hate,

For somehow a better world you will create."

Then they looked down at me with tears,

And in their eyes I could see many fears.

What they feared inside I did not know,

There must have been something they didn't show.

I then said to them, "I don't understand.

Won't we always walk hand in hand?"

They lowered and then shook their head,

And in this December, this is what they said:

"Always remember that you have my love,

And know that I will watch you from above."

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Now that person is not here,

To me, they are no longer near.

But there words they have stayed with me,

In my heart they will always be.

Back then those words were unclear,

Yet, back then we had much to fear.

But now I have seen what few have seen,

Now I believe I know what those words mean.

Right now I am watching my love,

Are you watching me from up above?

My love is smiling while at her I gaze,

Her spirit reminds me of you in your days.

Unworthy of her love is what I believed,

But despite this her love I received.

For my crimes I did not want her to forgive,

Because I did not think I should be able live.

But she continued to stay by my side,

All along she stepped with my stride.

And after all this time, I finally know,

Why you spoke those words long ago.

You told me to show compassion and care,

To all to be understanding and fair.

You said people could always changed,

People's lives, you said, could be rearranged.

All through my life I thought this I had done,

After the war I tried to show hatred to none.

But there was one person I did not see,

That person was none other than me.

I hated myself for all the people I'd killed,

And for all the battlefields I had filled.

I showed no mercy to my own soul,

Love from myself is what I stole.

Kaoru gave me a second chance at life,

She offered me a life without strife.

At first, I was too blind to take it,

In her life, I thought mine did not fit.

Now I'm happy and content,

My life is now being well spent.

From Kaoru, I continue to receive love,

And I hope you will still watch from above.

I can remember a gentle heart,

And a person who loved me from the start.

Now, in my heart there is no longer a hole,

For it is filled with your living soul.