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Blooms of Blood and Bone

Summary:

If I go down,
Don't let it be,
By my comrades' hate.

A collection of SNK poems.

Now with Russian translation!

Notes:

Disclaimer: I don't own Attack on Titan

Set at the beginning of the battle for Trost District.

Now with Russian translation by Собаку но Изума!

Chapter 1

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Hole in the Wall

The hole,
Plug the hole!
They're coming in,
Taking to town,
And all our heads will roll. 

Forget your mother,
Forget your father,
Forget your brother,
Your daughter dear,
Forget them all
And don't die here,
It's a burden you can't bear. 

(Titan eyes and Titan mouth,
A bigger rage, 
A bigger hope,
God, it's uncouth,
We won't be leaving here)

Notes:

Thanks to the lovely Adrinette4Life for reading this and giving me her honest opinion! (She has a great humor Miraculous Ladybug fic, check it out if you'd like!)

I have another poem in store for this collection and might write some more later.

Chapter 2: The Key

Summary:

The Key

Notes:

Dislcaimer: I don’t own Attack on Titan.

Set during Whereabouts of His Left Arm: Struggle for Trost part 5.

Chapter Text

The Key

 

Mikasa,
The key,
Where is the key?
The basement,
God, the basement,
Dad did this to me. 
He changed my blood
And changed my bones,
My flesh, my DNA,
Until my intestines
Were inside out,
A new titan to slay. 

Is this it, then?
A titan stomach I escaped,
Survived the battle,
Wore the blade,
If only Titan shaped. 
And now I should be safe,
Slaughtered by mankind, 
Enemy and comrade alike,
A nightmare of a fate.
If I go down,
Don't let it be,
By my comrades' hate.

Chapter 3: Your Face

Summary:

In your eyes
Once lay the dawn.

Jean mourns.

Notes:

Disclaimer: I don’t own Attack on Titan

Set during episode 16: What Needs to be Done Now; Eve of the Counterattack Part 3. During the flashback of the cremation. Unlike the other poems, this one is from Jean’s perspective.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Your face

 

 

Your face in the firelight.

Wholesome,

Healthy.

Freckles and constellations.

The flames flicker,

Shadows grow thicker,

Your visage

Is gone.

 

In your eyes

Once lay the dawn.

(Your death,

It brings an era

born anew)

Notes:

Jean is incredibly strong, so I wrote.