Hello everyone here is the second poem challenge between Zaraki and I. The theme for this one was Shunsui's thoughts as he sits at Jushiro's grave. I hope you enjoy.
Title: This Hill Above
High up here
It lays before me
Before you
Our home
Life
Your end
My grief
They all accompany
Tempestuous times
In paved streets
Where we ran
Academy halls
Fiery duels
With a mentor now past
Like you and me
The we has become one
But didn't you warn me so
First meetings
Cloaked in the blood of your lungs
Your childhood
Stolen by a King above
Sweet days under yearning eaves
With the heavy scent of sake
And your soft smile
All is past
For your sacrifice
Your pain
Has saved all but me
Am I alone
On this hill far above
For now
Those who stood closest
To my heart
Weathered
Are gone
But it wasn't for naught
Can you see the streets
The children alive
All ends must come
I only wish yours wasn't so far from mine
Jushiro Ukitake
I stand now
On this hill
Far above the world
You saved
That I now govern
Old friend we will meet again
Until that day
I will remember
Sweet sake, fiery duels
And the crimson of our life
