Chapter 11: Cold
Disclaimer: I will not, have not, nor do I now own Fruits Basket. I'm a lowly fan, sadly.
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Cold
By: Kana Sohma
Cold, I feel cold,
So very cold.
No more warm arms to lay back on,
A face of a stranger,
Heart of a friend,
Or more…
Lost to the binds of exchanged vows,
But still incompleteness.
I thought that hole had been filled.
I obviously thought wrong.
Strong hands once held me,
But now I must brace myself.
The breath beside me isn't right.
I cannot leave him though.
It is not his fault.
I cannot leave and make it his.
Surely, there's another way,
But I cannot breathe to think.
Cold, a feeling not so soon forgotten,
Cold an emotion undesertable,
Cold, the feeling numbing my senses
As I lay beside this other man,
The man I must sadly say makes me feel cold.
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A/N:
Yes, she's talking about her new husband. Yes, it is rather sad. No, she probably doesn't actually feel that way. But yes, I'm still happy with this poem. It puts in an interesting perspective. I have a pretty good illustration that came along with it and I would've posted it and had it on my bio, but sadly my scanner is screwed. You'll just have to imagine a sad picture of Kana with her legs curled to her chest and her head face down on her knees and arms wrapped around her legs while she's on her bed with her husband behind her sleeping. I faded off some of the picture to make it fit on the page, but it's still good. Too bad you can't see. Oh well! I'll update again later today with the next poem: Lost in Shadows, by?.. I'm not telling!