Title: Life
Genre: Drama
Word Count: 366
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Summary: Kikyou's life as told by her. Beta'd by the absolutely marvelous shalinilahiri !
Life
Once
Life was joy
A holy life was destiny's choice for me
Family and village rejoiced in my calling
Then
I grew older
Purity and power were mine to hold
But turned envious eyes my way
She
Spoke of love
Kind words twisted into a curse
I recognized but scorned its power
Gods
Love the foolish
He was human, though half-demon
Just as I was human, though god-touched
He
Understood the pain
That these differences made
And naively we dared to tempt fate
Evil
Destroyed us easily
In blood our story ended; a lesson they say
In fire I ended the pain, or so I thought
But...
Then...
She...
Fell...
Gods
Can be cruel
I saw her -my- face only after his
He lived and he cared for her and he lived
Betrayal
Sang bitter chords
Justice was denied me, death denied as well
Yet a life among the living wasn't allowed
Hell
Had followed me
So I decided to play hell's game
One a walking corpse is perfectly suited for
Dangerous
Flirtations I made
Devious in death as I couldn't be in life
I played the games I once watched others play
Forging
Chains of pain
I strengthened the girl, tormented my false love
Tempted and confused my murderer and enemy
And
Paid the price
My final act ensures he loses even as he wins
Salvation unneeded; the trap is set with my death and
Sweet...
Is...
The...
Release...
Now
I stand here
On the border of the afterlife
I pause amongst the irises and look over the lilies
I
Just now realized
This time there is no dishonor, no hatred
The fetid heap of the damned has no claim on me
There
Is only peace
I wonder how this story ends, or if it ever will
Perhaps it's only a circle turning without end
A
Voice is calling
Past the bridge, where all is concealed
It bids me to finish the journey
Breathing
My last breath
I press my bare foot to the wooden bridge
Taking the last step into the forgetfulness of death
But
Before memory leaves
A warm kiss is suddenly pressed to my lips
And, smiling, I
Walk...
Into...
The...
Mist...
ALC,
06.11.2007
Well, ff's a bitch about spacing, so you have to miss the artful way I arranged the poem. -le sigh- I did this for the LJ community iypoems. Go check them out!