Samurai 7 (Kanbei/Kyuuzou)

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Fandom: Samurai 7; Kanbei/Kyuuzou
Title : Quietly Acquiescent
Author: i_am_zan
Rating: Gen, I am most apologetic for that!
Warnings : None
Word count: 255
Summary : For July 2nd, Prompt No. 55 – Quiet. “It takes a deep understanding to know what direction to follow with no verbal affirmation”
A/N: As you can see, the words in bold are actually taken from the prompt itself.



Quietly Acquiescent by Zan

A cadence circumscribes the dust.
A name, to join our quest is all I ask.
“Draw your sword.” Is all, you say.
The heart knows words will be useless today.

Your aura resonates and in your piercing eyes
…the world tumbles, away it flies.
It is a wordless request for a dance.
Your reply, step, step, step … is a silent acquiescence.

I do not need to take in the measure of you as a man
I know by the way you hold your swords and from your stand.
In turn do you approve I wonder? Do you like what you see?
Am I worth your fealty?

You parry, twist, feint and vault.
In a mute lead, into the air you somersault.
In this harmony your chest is hardly heaving.
Still it drums loud in my ears, your careful breathing.

You block, thrust and you slash. My eyes query.
“Are you in my circle by design?” Maybe I am the quarry.
Our swords cross that space within …
…that resides a deep understanding.

To know, even as we bleed
What direction to follow, with no lead.
Pulses rise and slow to match
With no verbal affirmation required to confirm the catch.

What transpires is an oath.
The heart feels your presence like a shadow.
Although insubstantial, it is no less binding.
The signatures in blood and the hum of steel, it sings.

All quiet now, silent and still.
Now a parting of ways until,
Such a time as will,
To en-join, to thus our promise fulfil.


Fin

Comments

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Poetry truly suits this series, and these two characters in particular. You perfectly captured them both, in a way where if I had read this poem without knowing it was about them I still would've known. You have a beautiful and fluid way of writing that is a pure joy to read (I wanted to list my favorite passages, but that would have meant quoting back the entire thing). Really, this is just stunning.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

*Blushing profusely*

Oh my. Thank YOU for your kind words.

I am very happy you think so.

[animarelic.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh, thank you! This is beautiful - it captures the almost dance-like cadence of their battles perfectly.

When I put this claim in, I wasn't terribly sure that anyone would actually take it - Samurai 7 does not get nearly enough love. Thank you for doing right by it. :)

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU for putting the prompt in. It jumped out at me whilst I was going through the lists, and more or less wrote itself whilst I waited to claim them. ^_^

I like spreading the love. The prompt was just too much who they are not to have been worked into the piece.

I am very happy you like it!