San

By Ashitaka

Mononoke: brave and strong.

Your strength causes me to believe in your cause.

I with my curse.

You with your hate.

Your wolves howl and disagree.

My elk stays quiet.

Do you hate me like your kin?

Together, in a way,

We are both cursed.

You with your hate

I with mine.

If we do not overcome our curses,

Both of us will die.

San, my San, please.

Believe in me.

And I know my curse will abate.

And I know your hate will desist and dissolve.

But you are brash, brave, stubborn.

That is why I love you.

My San.