Title: Look Away; Chap: one-shot
I've been fighting the urge to start writing poetry again for quite some time now. But I was reading some poems on fanfiction . net, and I just couldn't fight the idea anymore. (: It's been quite some time since I've written poetry, and I've never written a love poem. I've only written drama and angst, so you have been warned!
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Look Away
Look Away
I can feel your eyes on me again
And I beg you not to stare
Though I never utter a single word
Look Away
Look Away
I wonder
What could you see in a wanderer like me
I can tell you what I see
Look Away
Look Away
I see somebody
Who can not be rightly called a man or a human
Whose heart is even more scarred than his body
Look Away
Look Away
Somebody whose soul will forever be tarnished
And I'm not just talking about my sins as a hitokiri
Look Away
Look Away
I talk a good talk
But
Look Away
Look Away
Do you know how easy it would be for me to kill again
Or how often I think about it
Look Away
Look Away
Just a flip of the blade
And I could permanently rid this world of so many evils
Or perhaps just one
Look Away
Look Away
But then I feel your eyes on me everywhere I go
And I realize day by day
I can hold the deadlier part of me at bay
Look Away
Look Away
Do you know
Tomoe may have helped me live again
But you
You keep me alive
Look Away
Look Away
Do you have any idea how scary that is
To have your whole being
Your every move
Controlled by a person who doesn't even realize their power
Look Away
Look Away
But sometimes
When I see you staring at me with such longing in your eyes
I think you do
Look Away
Look Away
Look away
I think that plea has become my daily mantra
It's the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing at night
I think it's become even more imbedded in me than my vow not to kill
Look Away
Look Away
It would be so easy to just surrender
To allow myself to give into the promise held in your gaze
And pretend I'm a normal person
Look Away
Look Away
But I can't
Not yet
Maybe even never
Look Away
Look Away
It's getting harder though
Every gaze you send my way
Be it angry crying laughing tired loving frustrated
You make me fall a little more
Look Away
Look Away
And that's something that I can't allow
So
For now
Look Away
Look Away
Whether I'm speaking to you or me
I'll just have to say
Look Away
Look Away
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Wow. I should never write a story on the spot. It usually doesn't come out very well...
Sigh. I'm sure most of you can figure this out, but in case you can't I'll let you know that when Kenshin refers to the "one more" evil he could take out, he's talking about suicide.
I know he seems pretty straightforward and kinda gritty here. But in the manga, that's the way he is. I like manga Kenshin much better than anime Kenshin. He seems less in control of his emotions and more realistic. (: