Veritas

by merendina

Sometimes, everything is in what they do not say. Sanzo and Hakkai sit the night together, and ward the night away with smoke and wine. / Sonnet, Sanzo POV. Yaoi or otherwise, depending on perception. XP

A/N: Bad weather does things to people. XD That's all the excuse I can give for this. That and it was a friend's birthday, and she asked me for something. (sweatdrop) The Alfred Dorn sonnet form is used here. Wheee.

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Veritas

While, wanting oil, our lanterns gutter faint,

We two sit, empty, in an empty hall.

The rain and heartbeat drum their single rhyme.

These nights, I play the sinner, he the saint

And watching each drop's suicidal fall,

We ward the night away with smoke and wine.

A smile, a breath, and no one will confess

That greater men have lost their lives for less.

Though I am blessed not with the sweet restraint

That cradles him when lightning rends the skies,

A broken scene anew we try to paint.

Uncovering old scars with heavy sighs,

Some nights he plays the sinner, I the saint.

I pour his glass; he thanks me with his eyes.