Shi Kage

A name that I use to identify myself.

It has become something that people have begun to recognize me by.

I am asked why I chose such a name.

People who have known me longer remeber when it use to be Lord Kari.

In Japanese “Kari” is a shortened version of Hikari meaning light.

Kari was a part of my childhood, representing what my life use to be.

I use to radiate happiness and smile so often that it seemed like nothing could bring me down.

I put Lord in it because I wanted to be someone that was looked up to.

I felt Lady was a title for someone who needed to be saved and never saved themselves.

I wanted to be a strong person people looked to for guidance.

I went from Lord Kari the kind gentle ruler to Shi Kage a loner who only existed in the dark.

Shi Kage is the representation of how I changed.

Shi means death and Kage means shadow. Therefore I am the shadow of death.

People I loved began dying around me and I began to think of it as my personal curse.

Then I descended into the shadows.

My happiness became sadness.

My smiles became frowns.