Your Little Raven

[Sailor Ryu]

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For years I have struggled.
Fought my hardest not to become like him.
Not to become like you.
The constant pursuit of an ideal balance,
A way to live my life, with tempered emotions,
And tempered expectations.

Yet I find myself slipping, here and there.
The headaches get worse, the desire to scream breaks through.
Am I any different, in the end?
Or am I doomed to be like the rest.
Doomed to be just like you.

Our family has had their struggles.
Generation after generation of turmoil.
Numbers always seeming to dwindle, threatening our extinction.

I am beginning to believe that our curse is real.
That true happiness will never be within our reach.
That our name carries with it a burden that cannot be shed,
No matter how hard we try.

How many times has it happened now?
How many generations has history repeated itself,
And one of our own have lost their way?

Have you fallen the same way as he did?
As She did?
As they did?

As I will?

It is my duty to judge you,
As I would judge myself.
And so, I ask you this;

Am I your enemy?
Or am I still your kin?