Harakiri

"Ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honuorable alternative to disgrace or execution."

By seppuku I regain my honour

By seppuku I regain my pride

For a man lives his life for others

Thus bushido bids me to do so

I have clothed my self in silk

So that my blood runs down 

And pools at the feet of my people

Giving them back what they deserve

That crimson lake that carries my sins and sorrow

I have quenched my thirst for dishonour

And filled my stomach 

To rid me of my fatal famine

My death cloth calls upon me

Spearing no time to do what is right

My words pour on paper

Holding my final thoughts

Before I draw my noble sword 

At last

So here I am where I die

My friends, speak no more of me and my odious ways

As by death I am reborn

And reincarnate as an honourable and worthy man.