Just a poem I wrote in my spare time. My muse, Arrow, kept driving me to finish it. Kurama writes a poem to Hiei about the Forbidden Child. Mild yaoi implications.
Imiko
They gathered around, the temperature low
High in the air, the koorime's land
Eternal ice and snow whirled about
Following this small koorime band
Order and peace was their mission
Restoring the balance in their fair home
Broken was one of the most ancient laws
Isolation was permanent, no one could roam
Darkness and shadows collected around you
Death to all would be your part
Ever wary, the koorime believed this
Not going to test your true heart
Oh, my shadow, why couldn't they see?
No one is perfect, no one is divine
Even though this may be the truth
Truth is this: you're the closest, oh shadow of mine!
However high up you may have been
Elevation did no matter so
You were tossed into oblivion
Cast away, gone, but forgotten, no
Although to them you died that day
Life coursed too strongly in your veins
Live you did, though not without cost
Your eyes were hollow, filled with inner pain
Outside you seemed calm and detached
Uncaring about anything, you didn't feel
That was not the truth, you didn't believe it
Or your own thoughts would have made it too real
My shadow, I know how you truly are
Enigmatic to others, you've opened to me
Then why is it that no one can trust you?
How is it that they can't see?
Ever were you withdrawn and silent
Revealing nothing, expecting the same
Even though you do have a heart
It couldn't be set right through blood and maim
Silence reigned supreme when you were there
Not a soul breathed, not a heart beat
Over time, you'd convinced yourself that it was due to fear
That is not the truth, you knew, so this was a remarkable feat
Always you have been alone
Placed here, it seemed, without a friend
Light itself turned away from you
Ah, but could not the bars of fate itself bend?
Chances and risks, my shadow, you claim you take
Ever looking for a chance to clash with fate
Yet you won't take the biggest risk, oh shadow
Overcoming your grief, your remorse and your hate
Understanding did not come, for you would not accept it
Another path you took, straying from light
Red were the stones that paved that road
For you fled down the path of power and might
Oh, you claimed you were strong, you claimed you were whole
Revered by bandits, believed to be the best
But how, then, could you have explained
Inside you felt as though there was a hole in your chest?
Death was what you tried to fill that hole with
Darkness and contempt, there was no where to go
Even with your swordsmanship prowess
No place could you think of, save one covered in snow
Forget the others, pay them no attention
Remain by my side, shadow, stay here
Oh, do not leave me alone in the dark
My shadow, losing you is all that I fear
Mindless, heartless, you wandered the world
Yet you never went to the place you truly wanted to
Journey back, though, you did, to that snow-covered land
Again to the place where they shunned you
Gazing once more at that frozen realm
A feeling rose up from deep inside you
Not sure of where you were going
Should you stay the same? What should you do?
However, you did find a goal in life
It was true that there was one who did care
Miles away, your sister wept
Yearning for a brother who never was there
Kindness and compassion, you had felt not
Alone, my shadow, until we met that day
Good-hearted, others claim to be
Except that they shunned you, cast you away
Many days, weeks, you traveled
Your heart set on this single dream
Kinship you wanted, no, needed
One single light, that tiny gleam
Inside, you felt confused, unsure
But that really could not be changed
It was not how you had lived before
Then you were violent, bordering on deranged
Over time, though, your raging heart calmed
More and more, you began to care
Your garnet eyes became deep and profound
Hurting inside, still, though the pain you can bear
I know how you feel, what you had to be
Evermore shall I be here for you, my shadow
I'll take care of you, if you will me