Czeslaw Milosz, New And Collected Poems: 1931-2001

Bodies are supposed to be TEMPLES, right ? In my defense, marble is marble and stone is stone. In my defense, nobody ever taught me that I could be HOLY. In my defense, I’m the GRAVEYARD and not the dead. 

                                         I AM A CATHEDRAL OF ALMOST-LOVERS,                                            HERE IS YOUR ALTAR FOR WORSHIP. ♡ 

‘ 140 YEARS AGO, IN KYOTO, WITH THE COMING OF THE BLACK SHIPS, THERE EMERGED A WARRIOR CALLED ‘ HITOKIRI BATTOSAI. ‘   FELLING MEN WITH HIS BLOOD-STAINED BLADE, HE CLOSED THE TURBULENTBAKUMATSU ERA                                 AND SLASHED OPEN THE AGE KNOWN AS  ‘ MEIJI ‘ .

HE VANISHED; AND WITH THE FLOW OF YEARS BECAME A LEGEND;  KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE ‘ THE STRONGEST . ‘ 

IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF MEIJI,                            IN THE MIDDLE OF TOKYO…

                                        THIS TALE BEGINS…….  ’

Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts.

Kate Jacobs (via quotemadness)

Oh you Himura-san, why are you so fun to draw~

verses / possible verses list.

Verses to work on / establish that aren’t canon. Please note if you read these they won’t by any means come immediately, as I am exploring new things to my canon and exploring even further the rich history of the Edo / Meiji Period while writing in two notebooks . 

Fire Em.blem

Fate. (5′2 freakishly powerful Saber)

KNY. (Dragon Pillar? Dragon Pillar.)

Fina.l Fantasy.

Harvest Mo.on.

Modern Verses ‘Happy’ and ‘Tragic Past’ versions.

Deity Verse. ( Kenshin as Hachiman / Yawata no Kami. )

Tentative Okami Verse.

Things I want to make verses for but I Need To Go Through Them First: - Hakuouki , I admit Kenshin’s title of ‘Demon of Kyoto’ by Saito loosely parsed being used literally would be fascinating and even more terrifying than his 14-19 year old self in the Bakumatsu.  I hope I have some kind of platform for this because it’d make a nice present sometime. - Sailor M.oon. Frankly I have no idea how I’d incorporate this save have Kenshin be a freakishly powerful bodyguard / entity / something that helps out the girls while also holding their proverbial flower. Bleach: Eventually! With all politeness, Bleach’s length is a bit too much for me sometimes despite me really really enjoying it! and while I remember admiring deeply the character’s personalities / nuances, I never finished it. I’d like to be able someday to find time and give it that justice. For me, I’d make two different verses based on Kenshin being a shinigami that does lose his memory and one that as a friend helped with on my OG blog, is akin to Ich.igo in that he is still alive. 

note: this will be edited as more ideas come to mind. if you think of a verse that this legend would fit into that i haven’t though of, please by all means, drop a comment or suggestion, i love immersion!

KENSHIN GRAPHIC EDITS 5 / ??? | DEATH MATCH UNDER THE MOON. kenshin during the fight with udō jin-e and the legendary battōjutsu . 

rurouni kenshin in a nutshell: please notice me hitokiri battōsai / kenshin.

                       𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐃                        my life —                                      — has been stained                                                                  𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃                                            ▬▬ι═══════ﺤ                    𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑻𝑬 & 𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑹𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑮              𝑈𝑁𝑆𝐻𝐸𝐴𝑇𝐻𝐸𝐷 𝐵𝑌 𝐶𝐸𝐶𝐸   ❀   𝑃𝐸𝑅𝑆𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝐵𝐿𝑂𝐺𝑆 𝐷𝑂 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝐼𝑁𝑇𝐸𝑅𝐴𝐶𝑇 !

dont underestimate the power of kindness. strength is not being cold hearted and aloof, it’s being amicable in the face of bitterness or gentle with those who need to be loved. so please, if nothing else, be kind.