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Red String Of Fate

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I see something on myself that has been so a while
And it will not allow itself to be removed
What ever could this clingy little thing be
For it will remain with me no matter what is done
Following my person just like a strange second shadow
It trails behind me wherever I so choose to go
Never once leaving me with a moment of privacy

But I see something only now upon careful contemplation
Many a time has my mind drifted with the rising moon
For I peer into the shadowy form bound to me
And I see some color as it takes a defined form
It must be so long to go on forever as it does
So I wonder what it really is and where it leads
What will I find if I choose to follow the path it gives

But this path gives off many a little illusion
For it leads to people neither right or even real
And I merely wander in search of the true path
Though as I so continue on there grow knots
So the path tangles up intoo so many distractions
And many times does the moon pass while I untangle this mess
While a difficult path becomes all the more painstaking

I see someone at the end of one of these threads
Does my own red thread lead to you or does it not
Two ends tied each around a small finger
I want to believe these two ends connect us together
But with so many false leads I really can not say for true
All the same I will find out for true if they do
For I will chase down the true path of this thread
So is anyone besides me familiar with the red string of fate out of Japanese legends? *hears crickets* According to Japanese legend (learned from XXXHolic, thank you very much), true lovers are tied to each other by a red string of fate around their little finger. I'm not entirely sure how I remember this from years ago, but we can thank Gumi for helping to remind me with two songs, Diamond And Lies and Difficult Love. Leave it to my current obsession *cough*Vocaloids*cough* to give me a helping hand.
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FullMetalAkiraStrife's avatar
This is really nice your writing has matured a lot since of late. I haven't necessarily heard of the Legend but I like this poem it definitely holds true to our own thoughts about how you can belong to one path light dark or dawn, yet have many different things that attribute to your path making it different from everyone else. So I thought it was pretty nice awesome job!