Koi

When your bones ache
Like the shattered porcelain
Of your family's love
instead of throwing away
everything

throw yourself to the sky.
Start anew.

Never good enough
Never the prince.
Just the low down,
Yakuza boy,
who watched the koi fish.

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In the end,
The shadows will reveal nothing.
Achilles will succumb to his weakness.
And the fallen will still their cries.
The silence will forever persist,
And will scream to be heard.
Only to be ignored.
Eventually,
The silence will become calm,
Its screams will become peaceful and eternal.
For all beauty is flawed,
Even the broken learn to be whole again.
Children who once hid from the dark, will find peace.
The dragon who once ran from shadows
Won’t hide from his fear.
He will let her flowers bloom.
His eyes will glow,
Thus he will be whole.