InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Poetry of the Sengoku Jidai ❯ If Only ( Chapter 2 )

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Author's Note: Written for Live Journal IYPoems community challenge for “unrequited love.”

If Only

He said maybe. Someday.

When old ghosts were laid to rest -

then we would lie in the sun,

then we would talk of the future.

But Someday never came.

My best friend, who kept me safe -

protected me - left. He left

all of us, melting into myth.

He was seduced by dreams,

dreams of revenge and a wish,

a wish he hoped would free him,

a wish he never got to make.

Now the earth weeps with me,

hiding sunsets in grey fog,

stilling breezes to let the

blossoms fall, heavy, to the ground.

Dreams unlived lie dying

in his grave, wishes unmade.

If only it were my dream.

If only my wish had come true.

Author's other note: This poem kind of took on a life of its own when it occurred to me that this journey hasn't really been Kagome's quest in a long time. It's really been about InuYasha's desire to destroy Naraku, seek revenge for Kikyou and wish upon the jewel to become a full demon - well, let's hope not. Kagome has had little motive other than helping InuYasha since early on in the manga.