InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Poetry of the Sengoku Jidai ❯ The Pounding ( Chapter 17 )

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The Pounding

No! You- Impossible…

Screaming torrents-

terror pounds his

ears. His throat

rips. Between clenched

teeth incoherent noises twist

strangled grief.

Unfair! Won't let-

Slamming out of his heart

fury pounds in him,

beating him, driving his

fist into wood-

her helpless captor

splinters under his assault.

Won't let-

Crimson stains leak from

his skin as

his victim breaks

beneath his blows,

creaking and groaning

under the weight of his despair.

Need you-

The well collapses in-

on itself, billowing

ancient dust into his lungs

to choke him.

until he, too, implodes

upon fragmented remains.

Please-

Memory flashes her face

disappearing into black.

thought releases him and

his heart explodes into

the rage of their screams,

blending her into a fading echo.

This. Can't. Be.

The rhythm of

his pounding becomes

a force, tangible and strong-

a reliable familiar

to count on as emptiness

feasts on his soul.

Happen. Ing. To. Me.

Numbing pain recedes

in an icy vacuum

until the void itself

reverberates in his chest,

the nothingess inside

clinging to he beat of his blows.

She. Can't. Be.

Drumming anguish

pounds him beyond

exhaustion,

breaking him

past repair, until

She is-

Gone.