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Flawless

Length: 86 words
Genre: Angst (introspective)
Pairings: None
Rating: G
Summary: Kikyou reflects on her former life. (Based on the events of episode 120/manga volume 28)

I tried so hard
to live
without doubts and without mistakes.

The way I knew I should live.

I tried so hard
to do
the things I knew I should do.

I tried so hard
to be
the person I knew I should be.

A person
without fear
without pain
without shame.

Encased in walls of solitude.
I cried without a single tear.

I
tried
so
hard

...only to fail?

And yet
now
my heart smiles
as
I realise

there is no shame in being human.