Haunting remnants of my youth, living a 
                                                 forbidden dread—darkness ripping 
                                                 away my innocence while I evaded
                                                 capture by that ghostly shadow, 
                                                 an undeserved darkness never to be 
                                                 divulged. 

                                                                      I pilfered moments of silent insurgency, 
                                                                      my sanctuary found in solitude—secret depths 
                                                                      of spirit's space, where sovereignty 
                                                                      holds its rule.

                                                  And yet I survive beyond their demise—they 
                                                  who would have broken me, and likewise 
                                                  those who may still try. 

                                                                       My once-splintered soul is a
                                                                       kintsukuroi masterpiece preserving 
                                                                       my eternity.