The General and the Girl

[honou_no_izumi]

Title: The General and the Girl
Fandom: 추노/Chuno
Rating: G
Genre: Free-verse poetry
Character: Song Taeha, Eonnyeon/Kim Hyewon
Summary: Between love and duty, could one truly able to choose one?

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Years since any ties,
Had hold to this paltry heart,
Before it stole away,
Untimely, as life are wont to take.

The Gates long closed,
Locked since days long gone,
How could a lass stroll in,
Unsuspected, unawares?

Never thought to feel,
Never any need,
Yet unasked, it came,
Reminded of a long lost.

A vow clutched to chest,
Honor comes before heart,
Attachment may cloud and endanger,
Yet a chanced encounter must never be set aside.

Duty for the Master and friend,
Something that priors over all,
Yet duty to one's heart,
How could one set aside?

A son... or lover,
His country, or himself,
Not one is trivial,
Both equally important.

A soldier he was; and loyal serf,
Yet a man and father; he too,
Even if matters of the heart so trivial,
Where all strength lies, the heart is.

To uphold both, and keep honour bound.