Foxglove Summer

Eyes meet in silence.

You see me.

I, you.

The only one.

Perhaps my soulmate.

Two kindred spirits.

Flickering light,

In an ever-darkening world.

My grandmother knew you.

My mother did not.

Did they ever really know each other?

Now, I shall never know.

People wear you.

On faces, on skins.

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Only 600 yen.

I whisper, you whistle.

Two blue lights under darkened sky.

Eyes say more than words ever could.

No fear for the battle at hand,

Upon these shadowed streets.

Others come to aid me.

Heroes, adventurers, oddities.

Scientists too, for all their brilliance,

Will never understand the non-material.

Others may, others may not.

But enough talk - I wear my mask.

Words, enough in time, for all to hear.

"Let the kitsune guide you."