Elwen Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 I watch a lot of anime, and this poem was inspired by one of my favorite anime bishounen. (to those of you who don't speak Japanese, this is one of the few phrases I know: it means "pretty boy".) If you want to know /who/ this is about, I'll tell you at the bottom... Metal rings on metal as a sword is drawn The light glints off the steel blade Nothing can save you from your death- Your deeds have brought upon you this fate Your life ends tonight Along with all the darkness you have wrought The child before you is the instrument of that fate Impossibly beautiful, slight and so sad Hair of rubies spun into silk Amethyst eyes of glittering ice Pale and slender, silent and sorrowful An angel of death, cloaked in black The katana flashes downward In a single, graceful motion And this source of darkness is extinguished forever More blood stains the pale hands Blood that can never be washed away Fragile young man with a girl’s name Trapped in this endless cycle Hunter who hunts the dark ones beyond redemption The wrongdoers beyond law’s reach But who is himself beyond redemption Without a purpose, no hope for himself Only living for his sister’s life Waiting for the day when she will wake Then he can say goodbye… O silent rose with your petals of blood You cry again tonight O fragile flower with your petals of glass Frozen blossom, rose trapped in ice How long will it be before you break? Pawn in this game of human chess Can you ever be free, child? Chained to the darkness by a thousand screams You attempt to protect the frail- But you cannot even save yourself The character in question is Aya Fujimiya from Weiss Kreuz. (aka Knight Hunters in the U.S.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Inferel Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 Meow! Aya! one of the few crimson-follicled bishounen! Lovely poem ashke, one of which holds good imagery and a very good theme. Again, forgive the short review. It is really really really really really really really really good though. I might be exagerrating with one or two 'really's' though, but I still think it's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_sun Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 =nods silently in agreement w/ the above comment and slinks out to attempt an Omi based poem thing.= Er...yeh...I like it...a lot....I just have the worst time reviewing things without sounding like I've just snorted 50 pixie stix. =smiles meekly and runs off= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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