September 08//Black and Gold Theme
Title: Heart of Black, Eyes of Gold
Author: minerva_one
Word Count: 291
Genre: Free Verse
Characters: Inu No Taisho/Izayoi
Rating: T, sexual situations
With a heart of black and eyes of gold,
Swathed in white and swords,
A great General prowled the lands.
Searching for more power, or so he said.
Waiting for life to begin,
Wanting to make it worthwhile.
Day ebbs into night, night ebbs into day.
Year after year full of regret,
Year after year full of longing.
Regret that he taught his son the wrong lessons.
Longing for something more,
Fighting for things long forgotten.
Till a ray of light came to his black soul.
One smile gave him hidden strength untold,
One forbidden caress to give life a meaning.
His fingers wound through her long black hair,
Pale skin shone in the moonlight,
Delicate hands caressed strong calloused fingers.
The memory of her naked flesh against his own,
The smell of sweet sweat and arousal,
Mingled with the scent of cherry blossoms.
Fallen white petals blanketed the forest,
Drifting around them with each thrust,
Beautiful, perfect, and fleeting.
Everything of life before her fell away.
His honor, his legacy, his pride.
He let the pieces fall where they may.
The snow began to fall in earnest.
With a caress of her swollen belly,
And one final kiss, they parted for this life.
She wandered the forests like a shadow.
Night ebbs into day, day ebbs into night,
Marking the time till they met again.
In the land between this world and the next
He waited, counting the ribbons of black and gold
Forever patient for her time to come.
She arrived with the falling of the blossoms.
Hand in hand once more,
Free to love without hate, without pain.
And there they wait, each watching the passing days
Knowing a day will come, however brief
To be together once again.
Author: minerva_one
Word Count: 291
Genre: Free Verse
Characters: Inu No Taisho/Izayoi
Rating: T, sexual situations
With a heart of black and eyes of gold,
Swathed in white and swords,
A great General prowled the lands.
Searching for more power, or so he said.
Waiting for life to begin,
Wanting to make it worthwhile.
Day ebbs into night, night ebbs into day.
Year after year full of regret,
Year after year full of longing.
Regret that he taught his son the wrong lessons.
Longing for something more,
Fighting for things long forgotten.
Till a ray of light came to his black soul.
One smile gave him hidden strength untold,
One forbidden caress to give life a meaning.
His fingers wound through her long black hair,
Pale skin shone in the moonlight,
Delicate hands caressed strong calloused fingers.
The memory of her naked flesh against his own,
The smell of sweet sweat and arousal,
Mingled with the scent of cherry blossoms.
Fallen white petals blanketed the forest,
Drifting around them with each thrust,
Beautiful, perfect, and fleeting.
Everything of life before her fell away.
His honor, his legacy, his pride.
He let the pieces fall where they may.
The snow began to fall in earnest.
With a caress of her swollen belly,
And one final kiss, they parted for this life.
She wandered the forests like a shadow.
Night ebbs into day, day ebbs into night,
Marking the time till they met again.
In the land between this world and the next
He waited, counting the ribbons of black and gold
Forever patient for her time to come.
She arrived with the falling of the blossoms.
Hand in hand once more,
Free to love without hate, without pain.
And there they wait, each watching the passing days
Knowing a day will come, however brief
To be together once again.