Izanami
IZANAMI I pranced across the hall one day When my father caught my eye Thrusting his blade, deep into a stranger And watching him bleed and die. The stranger's agony scarred me awfully I even heard him wail in sleep And eventually I drifted apart from My father, whose name I only still keep. Today, I stand in my best armour With the same crimson red blade in hand Dawn through dusk, as watch over My beloved wife and child, in command. Ocassionally, I glance at my son Who looks down the moment our eyes meet, And we leave the rest unsaid...