Spirited Away

by Entipy of Nothing

This is a kind of freestyle poem that's supposed to be from Chihiro's point of view speaking to Haku, with a lot of symbolism. My first anime submission, mostly because I've only ever seen 3 anime movies. Anyways, please R&R.

Never look back

Never return to what I once called home

I don't know what I'm looking for

There's no place for me here

No place for me anywhere, anymore

I've passed the point of no return

Crossed the river

Heard the whistle, so many times, of the nighttime train

Powerless to call

No one to save me

I can't even save myself

And those I thought I trusted don't know me after all

The only sound is the sound of the rain

Dispersing the smoke

Only a shape in the sky, winding in the wind

Writhing on the floor, dying in a puddle of your own blood

A reflection of the train track, lost in the flood

Tell me what to do

Tell me how to remember my name

Though you've forgotten yours

You are the river, reflecting each drop of rain

I remember you

Carrying me home, a thousand fathoms

What I once called home

Carrying the water to a distant waterfall

To bathe the riverbanks in mud

Remember what you said to me

I can't stay here where I don't belong

I may be young but I'm not transparent

Only invisible as long as I hold my breath

But I have a face; I have a name

I can still cry, tears streaming

Down my face like rain

Down a waterfall

I'm crying for you but for them I'm screaming

Don't die like this, forgotten

Helpless, falling

Last breath of smoke

Chased by paper birds

To let your spirit drift away

So alone

Never to return

Never again to fly