Disclaimer:

Al: I love poetry.

(Every one else is too busy staring at Pwale to comment)

Pwale: What?

Mr. X: You read The Little Prince?

Pwale: …So what if I did? It's the one of the really famous good books. And it's an enjoyable one too. I think that most of the other's really suck. Speaking of which, there are two references in this poem to materials other then Inuyasha (which I don't own) one is a reference to Shakespeare. The phrase 'a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet' is now a common saying, but keeping my last two one-shots in mind, I decided that I should just put that on the table.

The second reference is, indeed, to the famous French (and translated) book, The Little Prince, if you have not already read it and enjoy the beautiful, then I highly recommend it. I am perfectly aware that Kanna has not read The Little Prince, in fact I sincerely doubt that Kanna can read at all, since Naraku doesn't seem the type to dedicate much time to his minions education. I wrote the reference before I realized what I was doing and, when I read it over, it sounded much better anything else I had tried there, so please do forgive me for this oversight. And Please, enjoy the poem. Do review to tell me what you think.

(Everyone starts edging away, deciding that Pwale when she's calm is much scarier then when she's hyper)

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The Name You Gave Me

Nothing.

He says…

I am Nothing.

She says…

I am Nothing.

They say…

I am Nothing.

I say…

I am Something.

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet

And I, by any other name,

Am still Me.

I do not know

What 'Me' is

I cannot see

My own reflection.

I do not have

What other's call

A 'Soul'

But what is a Soul?

It is just the guarantee of continuation

Humans and Demons alike

Rely on such a promise

But I am Blessed.

I do not need it.

But is the fact

That I will one day wish to rest

Proof that I am not

To be awake?

To live and die

As Nothing?

Is that my Fate?

My Destiny?

Can 'Nothing' have such a path?

Can 'Nothing' have a path at all?

I do.

I do not know

If I am truly 'Nothing'.

I am not part of this World

This World of Tears

Of Blood

Of Death

And Passion

I am like the Rose

From the star where the single bloom doth grow

And though she is not called

By 'Rose'

She smells just as sweet.

I am not called a 'Person'.

But I am just as 'Feeling'

As the Screaming One

And the Crying One

And the Laughing One

And the Singing One

And the Playing One

And the Angry One

And the Joyful One

And the Sad one

And the Happy One

And the Jealous One

And the Civil One

And the Tired One

And the Scared One

And the Worried One

And the Proud One

And all the Rest of Them.

They are all inside of me

As they are in Every One.

Tell me

How am I 'Nothing'

When the name you gave me

Is Kanna?

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Please, do review. Do.

Till next time, then.

Sincerely

Pwalefriend