Comments: Companion poem to Chapter 20 of Retribution. Kambei's thoughts in front of Kyuzo's grave. This can be sung to Kirara's theme (The Water Witch) on the S7 soundtrack.

Whether you would stay
Or whether we would part
What would I have given
To learn the song in your heart?

So many things to say
I don't know where to start
Will there be a day
When we won't be apart?

Chorus:
I need to know I can see you again
When I cross to the other side
What can I do to show you that I care
When at last I meet you there?

Whether you should stay
Or whether we should part
What would I have given
To put a song in your heart?

Tell me of the way
To reach your distant heart
But maybe it was fate
We were doomed from the start?

Chorus:
What would I give to hold your hand?
How do I let you know?
What can I do to make you understand
That I could be your friend?

Or more than a friend…