Beneath the Mask- A Pony Poetry Compilation

by Strawberry Pegasus

First published November 10th, 2014 17:50

They say that the greatest reflections of a pony's personality comes from their inner voice when they are alone.
Discontinued, but I plan to write something similar in the future.

Chapters

Shadows (Luna)
Freeform (Discord)
This I Swear (Twilight Sparkle)
Last Night (Scootaloo)
Two by Two (Starlight Glimmer)
Façade (Pinkie Pie)
Tell Me Why (Fluttershy)
Generosity (Rarity)

Shadows (Luna)
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Shadows (Luna)

She had been back for years,
But the shadows still remained.
She could see them in the hidden fear
When her subjects spoke her name.
They covered their feelings in a veil,
But it fell and blew away,
Lifted by the all-seeing winds
Of the fading light of day.

Shadows dwelled in every corner,
Shadows filled each room.
Shadows filled her subjects eyes
And the craters of the moon.
Shadows kept hold of her mind
And whispered through the day,
Shadows hid themselves from the sun,
And the promises she'd made.

They'd told her the shadows were gone,
Forever cleansed from her mind.
Why, then, was she tormented
By the darkness left behind?
They hid themselves in uncertain stares,
And children who feared the night.
Forever whispering in her ear,
Of the day she'd tried to take the light.

The accursed, deceptive shadows,
The shadows she adored.
The shadows that tore her mind apart,
In the sky and on the floor.
Shadows of infinite evil,
Shadows of infinite peace.
Shadows whispering of her sin,
And gently rocking her to sleep.

Freeform (Discord)
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Freeform (Discord)

They tell me
That harmony is perfection.
So by extension,
I am nothing.
I don't care.
Because
I know something,
Something they forgot.
Order is nothing,
Harmony is nothing,
They are nothing,
Without me.
Who am I?
I am
Discord.
I am
Chaos.
I am
Freeform.
I am
Broken
Phrases
And
Scattered
Words.
I am
The music
That swirls
Everywhere.
I am
Raw.
I am
The infinite reach
Of the stars.
My only rhythm
Is the one I choose.
So I fling away
Your sideways glances.
I laugh
At your taunts.
I am
Discord.
I am
Chaos.
I am
Freeform.
And you
Cannot
Touch me.
You
Cannot
Break me.
Not like I
Broke you.
You
Will not
Make me
Your slave.
Not like you
Were mine.
You
Will never
Take the color
And light from me.
Not like I
Took from you.
You
Can never
Make me fall
Into your rhythm
And rhyme.
Not like
That monster,
No, me;
He was me.
Not like I
Refused
To do.

This I Swear (Twilight Sparkle)
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This I Swear (Twilight Sparkle)

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though loyalty breaks
And cries feely below,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As tears crust to flakes.
I’ll never let go,
Though loyalty breaks.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though laughter grows silent
And pains overflow,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As the world becomes violent.
I’ll never let go,
Though laughter grows silent.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though generosity fades
Into dreams set aglow,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As stardust forms from a million shades.
I’ll never let go,
Though generosity fades.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though honesty is lost
To what she didn’t know,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As dust gathers frost.
I’ll never let go,
Though honesty is lost.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though kindness is forgotten
Alone in the snow,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As trees become rotten.
I’ll never let go,
Though kindness is forgotten.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

I’ll never let go.
Though magic turns hollow
As inside, weeds grow,
I’ll never let go.
And still time does flow,
As she tries not to follow.
I’ll never let go,
Though magic turns hollow.

This I swear,
I’ll never let go.
Through centuries’ wear,
This I swear.
Through our despair,
And time’s gentle flow,
This I swear,
I’ll never let go.

Last Night (Scootaloo)
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Last Night (Scootaloo)

Last night, I had a dream.
The sky shone baby blue,
Sorrow left me and I knew
I was a shooting star, a golden stream.

Last night, I touched the sky.
It enveloped me,
And all I could see
To form a feeling that would never die.

Last night, I brushed a cloud.
Made gold by the sun,
Its cold now undone
The earth disappeared in the sunlit shroud.

Last night, I learned to fly.
I found my dream at last,
Depression was in the past
No rhyme and no reason or asking why.

Last night, I woke in tears.
Beauty never remains,
Maybe I'll take the reins
And one day return to where sadness clears.

Two by Two (Starlight Glimmer)
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Two by Two (Starlight Glimmer)

Two by two, the lines repeat,
Passing, but they never meet
I stand apart, I stand above
Wilting in the coaxed-out love
I stand alone, I stand below
Cursing what I'll never know
The pure of heart, the sound of mind
Seeking but I never find
A truth that may escape my lips
A hoof to still the slope that tips
The wheel of time, the camel's back
A lab mouse running round a track
Unlocks my heart, unlocks my past
On flailing seas, latched to the mast
And I feel guilt, and I feel fear
The sunset's judgement drawing near
I wait for fury, wait for pain
But find what I had hoped to gain
I find the truth, I find a friend
And now my path has found its end.

Author's Note

I'm posting this last poem over four years after I actually wrote it, and I must say that I think it's pretty good for something written by an angsty 14-year-old about a cartoon horse. Good job, past me! I should do this again sometime.

Façade (Pinkie Pie)
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Façade (Pinkie Pie)

Façade (Pinkie Pie)

It’s only a façade,
Thin as a party balloon.
She knows one day she’ll burst,
And it will all come blazing through.
One small betrayal from losing her mind,
She can feel her sanity unfold.
She’s kept her feelings hidden far too long,
It’s more than she can hold.
She’s kept a smile upon her face,
A new happy thought each day.
But every night when she goes to sleep,
Her world turns black and grey.
Her own mind teases her,
Tells her she can’t run.
She can’t hide forever,
Her day will soon come.
The day when her inner self makes her listen,
And she quietly slips away.
To the place where the shadows and nightmares dwell,
Forever lost from the light of day.
She sometimes tries to ask for help,
But the shadows command her to stay.
Nothing but a helpless observer,
As her façade catches fire and melts away.

Tell Me Why (Fluttershy)
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Tell Me Why (Fluttershy)

Tell me why I turn away when you say hi,
Tell me why I feel like crying when your eyes meet mine.
Tell me why I do not speak,
Or tell you this face to face.
Tell me why I fly high alone,
But when I'm with you I lock in place.

Tell me why I feel so small,
Tell me why I can't speak at all.
Tell me why I feel so angry,
And help me if you like.
Tell me why I wrote this poem,
Please just tell me why.

Tell me why I cannot fly,
Tell me why I feel empty inside.
Tell me why I'm paralyzed,
Every time you speak.
Tell me why you fill me with fear,
But I speak freely to the creatures I keep.

Tell me why I back away when I want to see you,
Tell me why at night I tell myself I'll talk to you.
Tell me why late at night I think about you,
And abandon my plans at the break of day.
Tell me why I want to invite you for tea,
But shy away when I see your face.

Tell me why I am this way,
Tell me why I so perfectly fit my name.
Tell me why destiny is so cruel to me,
Some strange cosmic being that owns the sky?
Tell me why my mother named me so perfectly,
Plain and simple, Fluttershy.

Generosity (Rarity)
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Generosity (Rarity)

I walk through the marketplace,
My makeup perfectly applied.
When the ponies see my face,
I can sense the jealousy in their eyes.
There goes the vainest mare in town,
Lily whispers with a smirk.
She desires so greatly to wear the crown,
But coldly dismisses her neighbors worth.
I'll show them they were wrong about me,
I'll show them generosity.

I sit alone at my sewing table,
When Candy shyly enters the door.
She confesses that she is unable,
To pay for the gown that she bought from my store.
To be perfectly honest, I'm not surprised.
She is, after all, unemployed.
Remembering Lily, I defy,
Her cruel words and bring Candy joy.
Even if it ruins me,
I'll show them generosity.

Shoeshine finishes cleaning my house,
And turns to me for her fee.
I can tell she thinks I'm a selfish louse,
And she doesn't expect to get much from me.
She clears her throat and stares at me,
Her magenta eyes coldly glare.
Towards her, I levitate a fire ruby,
To prove that I'm the better mare.
The town will stop judging me,
I'll show them generosity.

Once more, I walk through the marketplace,
My stride is strong and proud.
But the confident smile upon my face,
Dissolves with the whispers of the crowd.
Daisy and Rose are laughing again,
As Lily recounts tales of my vanity.
She's only kind for personal gain,
We're all just tools to Rarity.
I know now that she's right about me,
Why am I generosity?