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Attributed to Ishida Sui

There was a man, so young and bold
He thought, he could’ve changed the world
He never tried such thing before
And fool had opened up a door

He ran and hid, like cattle runs
He felt the fear, and how it stuns

He suffered from his weakness, and
It seemed, that he will know the end

He tried to be a bastion high
That guards his loved ones with it’s might

He killed and butchered, as possessed
So blind to truth existing, yet

He fought denied, confronted death
More times, than really could regret

And then, the man has killed his friend
Then knew, how failure will rend
It came as savage and as fast
As one, who’s built by deeds that passed
Was almost finished, and yet lived
They say, you live, you die, repeat

He fell do dust, he’s gone through hell
So in the end he’ll break a shell?
Destroy and make a better place
This world, that everyone will face?

I’m maybe foolish or inapt
To judge the journey, that he’s at
But, as a man, who’s seen the mad
I know – these stories end as sad

Oh, boy, so brave and bold and young
You know he pain and how it stung
So, in the end, by fate so cruel
You still remain a blinded fool
But still, I know the honor high
I worship those, who fight to die
I wish him all the very best
And you… please, carry out the rest;