Reborn
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Scarred flesh - polished steel.
That is what stares back at me.
What have I become?
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I am a monster…
No words must be minced, but still;
They try anyways.
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The flash of the blade
It comes to me, to my mind.
It OVER comes me.
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In an instant - glass.
I lash out with a steel fist
And it copies me.
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Our knuckles collide,
The illusion is broken,
The monster persists.
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A scream. My own voice.
The German woman runs in
Eyes full of worry.
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Shards of mirror fly
Fall into the bathroom sink
I don't want to see.
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She tries to calm me
But I cannot be subdued
My eyes can't be shut!
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It's all I can see.
I can't run from this monster;
Can't run from myself.
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It begins to fade...
I have overtaxed myself…
Sleep soon to take me…
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Her words in my ear…
But it's not really my ear…
...And he is to blame.
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Yes… They are to blame...!
Then I struggle back to life
Never more awake.
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Another scream. Mine.
Not one of horror this time.
One of the dragon.
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A roar of pure rage.
The spirit of vengance here,
I shout it.
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"HANZO!"