InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Poetry of the Sengoku Jidai ❯ Victory Suite ( Chapter 4 )

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A/N; This poem was written to tie together a “suite” of three one-shots: Victory's Nightmare, Victory's Dream and Victory's Reward, all of which are posted under the title “Victory Suite” at http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php?cid=427674&submit=View+ Chapter&id=120897.

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Victory Suite

Battle's end resolves into stillness,

declaring time unwelcome.

Disturbing the veil between worlds,

glimpsing the shadowlands beyond,

victor and vanquished lie entangled,

one's last breath filling the breast of the other.

A heart beats and the wheel turns again.

In the chilled light of victory's dawning

tendril ties of loss slither

forth to bind the strong, yoking them,

uncertain, to the wheel of death,

its merciless turn pulling them down.

Yanked by fear, seduced by despair, they waver.

Their triumph becomes hope in the dark.

On the first starlit eve of victory,

peace settles on weary souls,

soothing wounds and seducing the

wise to wish on a deathless path.

But love grinds the wheel of life again,

pulling hope along in the wake of anguish.

Wishes melt into the heart of truth.

Daylight shines on victory's aftermath,

the death and the life laid bare.

Memory, heartache and hope call

the courageous to turn the wheel

of fate. Crushed beneath its rim, they weep.

Finding faith in endless cycles, they believe

love will bear the pain of sacrifice.