A/N: Written for the 100_poems challenge on livejournal, poem 75/100 and day 26.
Character Poems: the Chosen through Time
17. Katou Juri
She didn't know why
he called her brave:
She wasn't.
She smiled
because she hid.
But she was happy still
because of his belief
But then he died and left her
and she was lost once more:
his words stayed
and echoed
And she was locked away,
but still the words chased after her
even as the tears corroded the hand
that reached for her
But his scream reached her heart,
the heart that could not hate
no matter what he'd done
And even if her hands were bound,
her lionheart was strong
and she flung her voice instead
to break the hold
And when the voice echoed
one last time, it was pride
she heard.