Dreams feel so distant
until you are living them.
Pain feels so unbearable
until you are glimpsing it
beyond yourself.
Or maybe that isn't so,
but he'd never found
that living life:
so human & so vulnerable
was a terrible choice.
Perhaps ostracization was the proper response
to 'rebellion' so simply put,
but even the wrath or the anger or the worry
couldn't draw his heart away from the people here.
And to think,
he'd gotten to meet four incredible people,
ones that the Dragons above
valued and honored so much
that they were willing to give gifts,
physical abilities and talents to.
And sometimes, Hiryuu's sure
that he didn't love humanity near enough,
or at least not as much as the other dragons,
because he couldn't leave a gift in his stead,
he longed too much to be among them,
and yet it is here that he feels truly blessed,
because it is here
that he came to meet Zeno, Shuten, Guen, and Abi,
and so many others,
and that is a gift that he'll never take for granted.