This was the first time i really connected with who i really am inside
it combines my love of all things samurai and fuedal Japan, and my
Inner Vulpine, i have to admit i was inspired by Usagai Yojimbo
and his world. Thank you Sakai for such great characters.

"My True Home"

are there different planes of this great existence
perhaps without this stryfe
one of furry creatures, for instance
somewhere i can enjoy my life

a world of peace and roaming minstrels
a simple life among others like me
foxes, bears, cats, canines and kestrels
all together in villages of bamboo and grass we live free

like the sun in my mind this world begins to rise
i shed my hate like this skin i despise
the darkness disappears from inside my soul
i take my first breath as a creature truly whole

now in times fuedal i toil
to bring crops once more from my soil
to make saki and food for my good friends
just as do they, a means to our collective ends

here the future is bright and goes on forever
happiness for this samurai fox
no hate or sadness here,no none ever 
no closed doors,and no more locks, no longer trapped inside this box

red fur, pointed ears, a tail and paws of black
my word is gold, my honor is steel, a pure soul, from darkness im freed
my home, my friends, and the sword on my back
here in this place i have all that i need,

i know i must leave this place, return to the world
from my true home i will soon be hurled
but i shed a tear in quiet frustration
as i return to the reality of eternal prostration

but i wipe this tear from my now absent snout
take a deep breath,my little grass hut i will once again find
i know ill return to my adopted homeland, no longer to live without
my true home is easy to find, its right here inside my mind.

~Nobunaga The Red~