Premiere of Pony Poetry: an Amateur Anthologyby The BromeisterChaptersLunar LamentTerror and Tumult at Twilight [Dark]Shimmering SolitudeGrim Glimmer of the GuiltyCelestial CatharsisThe Cadence of CompassionLunar LamentThe heaven's opaque While all are awake The firmament's beauty is hidden The Sun at it's height Blinds them all to the sight The majestic Cosmos therein "What beauty!" I cry The Dark Brilliance nigh For the Sunfall has just begun On this path I had trod To find comforting sod To bathe in the luminance shunned As I rest body supine Astral lights above remind Not a soul in proximity here A tear blessed my cheek As the stars above streak No love to hold me so dear Pointed lights above pass Their tails fading fast Past relations pass in memory All of my life Passed in solitary strife No bonds have I built for family My independent tendencies Left no room for dependencies My heart grew as distant as the Moon Joy and happiness fleeting Wishing for a chanced meeting Hoping for love to bloom Yet as I contemplate history I realize it is no mystery That my first true love is the night So with the Moon at its height Sat enthralled by the sight By Selene grant me strength as bright Terror and Tumult at Twilight [Dark]Drowning in Confusion Combating Demonic Illusions Fighting for a breath These monsters crave Death My cognitive defenses Assaulted by the Dark Horde Thrashing my senses I'm struck to my core Razor talons sundering mental Flesh More Ghouls I await Their Bloodlust to sate Agony of my Hell is fresh Why am I Alone Where are my Friends Why can't I go Home Is there no way back How do I defend Against that which I don't understand Is there a path to retrace A bridge I can mend My mind stolen by a Thief My heart eviscerated My guts in acid liquified My fractured soul is Burning I try to contain the pieces They glide past my grasp There's constant Confusion I'm lost in a sea of grief My old bones grow cold Purgatory's expanse lies ahead Frosted irons unwillingly drag me In Fatal Finality to the Demons I've capitulated Darkness surrounds Thoughts are fleeting My awareness fades Now I realize, I have died My life and loves dissolved Identity fractured What I've lived, Loved, and Lost To have returned is all that I'm yearning Author's Note Inspired by Everywhere at the end of time and Obselescence's "In Memory Of" Shimmering SolitudeMy strength is born from my solitude, Solidarity to myself and independent from all. All my trials and tribulations learned By my own hands. Tasked from within And received from none, the challenges I've faced, crafted my castle. My army of skills, founded by failures, Secures my station and bolsters my body. Lessons learned by struggle and strife Are sharper than any adversary's sword. The dexterity to dodge danger Cultivated from multiples of mis-steps. Mistakes that have misaligned me from my Course now serve as milestones and markers Should I ever become lost or wayward. The shining star of my triumphs against Adversity, Shimmers in the sky amongst giants. I would consider myself fortunate to be Counted among them. When calamity strikes, I am not cast out into the tumultuous tide of Indecision and doubt. I instead am a steadfast Station for others to moor themselves against. My independence must not be mistaken as Indifference, for even a solitary soldier as Myself still craves for kinship and companions. A contradiction of conviction, to be an army of One yet want for friends to company keep. Hypocritical, having survived singular. However, it is not unnatural as relationships Can be richly rewarding in their course. I do not dismiss or deride the value of Brotherly bonds or the sorority of sisters Nor the stability of the foundation of family. For not all that is gold will glitter. It may be that my next lesson will be in the Strength that also lay with found family. Author's Note Alliteration abounds! Grim Glimmer of the GuiltyTrust destroyed Retribution deployed Promises shattered Faith battered Loyal friends, advantage taken Their belief in me shaken How horribly they are wounded Treasured bonds no longer sacred The blade stabbed deep in their back They never expected the attack Countenance filled with utter shock The pain in their eyes I have to block This action taken out of need and desperation There was no other path to bring restoration Plotted and schemed 'till the moment was right Glistening and glimmering my goal in sight All that I want, here I did gain All it cost was another's pain And yet in my heart, I feel a strain Out damned spot! This wretched stain! Their eyes are haunting This dread is now daunting I now feel a hole This crater in my soul Did their friendship mean so little Our bond defaced with spittle Was gain thought so great That their true gold be forsake Treasure turns to tatters I remember what truly matters Nothing can truly replace When in trouble together friends face Head hung in shame They know who's to blame My steps I retrace Once again at that place My heart colored black Will they dare take me back Tears on my cheek I can hardly speak Suddenly I'm held and embraced My composure lost all grace They forgive not forget At least till restitution is met I'll never let go These friends treasured so I hope someday to repay The outstanding kindness shown that day Celestial CatharsisDashing through the firmaments Dancing among the stars They ring like heavenly instruments Singing harmonious melodic bars Riding along an asteroid It's tail a frozen trail of silver Astonishing physics of the void Momentarily part of something greater The solar winds that come and go The warm embrace of nebulae Allow my thoughts to ebb and flow Invigorating and refreshing as sea spray The astral plain grants me peace Troubles and terrors passing by This great escape and grand release There's nothing left for me to hide I've come so far and gone so fast The adrenaline keeps me company Streaking shining, oh if the joy could last Happiness diffuse from within me Watching planets parade the universe An astral ensemble in perfect cadence These breathless cosmic bodies disperse Accrued grief from terrestrial agents Rocky congregations of ice and stones Frustration dispensed against them is When the fury has fled my shaking bones My mind is calmed and honed are my senses This comic playground keeps me whole Tears born not of grief but of burdens shed The fire within me that is my soul Reduces now that excess heat is bled Looking back at the brilliant azure marble The place I call home with all those I know Beauty as striking as the universe I marvel Traversing back home, to loved ones I go Author's Note I imagine that whenever Celestia really needs to vent she just flys off into the cosmos and sleeps on beds of nebulae and smashes rocky planetoids The Cadence of CompassionFrom the fires of desire To the rapids of infatuation From the companionship of comrades To the families found in friendship Sometimes it burns slow It smolders and it glows Other times it ignites fast And blinds you with a flash It can suddenly overwhelm And surprise the captain at the helm With the rapid rush of water All your logic can be slaughtered Sometimes the feeling hides Like a tiger its time it bides Only to suddenly spring out Like a kite that's come about It can strike deep in your heart As the courtship gets it start And yet sputter out with a whisper Falling silent to all but one listener Some build strong over time Others slowly erode like lime With some it feels like you're friends of old With others it feels like a story never told Every relationship has its pace Some at a walk or others at a race Every action and reaction Is the cadence of compassion Author's Note If you made it this far, let me know what you think! 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Lunar LamentThe heaven's opaque While all are awake The firmament's beauty is hidden The Sun at it's height Blinds them all to the sight The majestic Cosmos therein "What beauty!" I cry The Dark Brilliance nigh For the Sunfall has just begun On this path I had trod To find comforting sod To bathe in the luminance shunned As I rest body supine Astral lights above remind Not a soul in proximity here A tear blessed my cheek As the stars above streak No love to hold me so dear Pointed lights above pass Their tails fading fast Past relations pass in memory All of my life Passed in solitary strife No bonds have I built for family My independent tendencies Left no room for dependencies My heart grew as distant as the Moon Joy and happiness fleeting Wishing for a chanced meeting Hoping for love to bloom Yet as I contemplate history I realize it is no mystery That my first true love is the night So with the Moon at its height Sat enthralled by the sight By Selene grant me strength as bright
Terror and Tumult at Twilight [Dark]Drowning in Confusion Combating Demonic Illusions Fighting for a breath These monsters crave Death My cognitive defenses Assaulted by the Dark Horde Thrashing my senses I'm struck to my core Razor talons sundering mental Flesh More Ghouls I await Their Bloodlust to sate Agony of my Hell is fresh Why am I Alone Where are my Friends Why can't I go Home Is there no way back How do I defend Against that which I don't understand Is there a path to retrace A bridge I can mend My mind stolen by a Thief My heart eviscerated My guts in acid liquified My fractured soul is Burning I try to contain the pieces They glide past my grasp There's constant Confusion I'm lost in a sea of grief My old bones grow cold Purgatory's expanse lies ahead Frosted irons unwillingly drag me In Fatal Finality to the Demons I've capitulated Darkness surrounds Thoughts are fleeting My awareness fades Now I realize, I have died My life and loves dissolved Identity fractured What I've lived, Loved, and Lost To have returned is all that I'm yearning Author's Note Inspired by Everywhere at the end of time and Obselescence's "In Memory Of"
Shimmering SolitudeMy strength is born from my solitude, Solidarity to myself and independent from all. All my trials and tribulations learned By my own hands. Tasked from within And received from none, the challenges I've faced, crafted my castle. My army of skills, founded by failures, Secures my station and bolsters my body. Lessons learned by struggle and strife Are sharper than any adversary's sword. The dexterity to dodge danger Cultivated from multiples of mis-steps. Mistakes that have misaligned me from my Course now serve as milestones and markers Should I ever become lost or wayward. The shining star of my triumphs against Adversity, Shimmers in the sky amongst giants. I would consider myself fortunate to be Counted among them. When calamity strikes, I am not cast out into the tumultuous tide of Indecision and doubt. I instead am a steadfast Station for others to moor themselves against. My independence must not be mistaken as Indifference, for even a solitary soldier as Myself still craves for kinship and companions. A contradiction of conviction, to be an army of One yet want for friends to company keep. Hypocritical, having survived singular. However, it is not unnatural as relationships Can be richly rewarding in their course. I do not dismiss or deride the value of Brotherly bonds or the sorority of sisters Nor the stability of the foundation of family. For not all that is gold will glitter. It may be that my next lesson will be in the Strength that also lay with found family. Author's Note Alliteration abounds!
Grim Glimmer of the GuiltyTrust destroyed Retribution deployed Promises shattered Faith battered Loyal friends, advantage taken Their belief in me shaken How horribly they are wounded Treasured bonds no longer sacred The blade stabbed deep in their back They never expected the attack Countenance filled with utter shock The pain in their eyes I have to block This action taken out of need and desperation There was no other path to bring restoration Plotted and schemed 'till the moment was right Glistening and glimmering my goal in sight All that I want, here I did gain All it cost was another's pain And yet in my heart, I feel a strain Out damned spot! This wretched stain! Their eyes are haunting This dread is now daunting I now feel a hole This crater in my soul Did their friendship mean so little Our bond defaced with spittle Was gain thought so great That their true gold be forsake Treasure turns to tatters I remember what truly matters Nothing can truly replace When in trouble together friends face Head hung in shame They know who's to blame My steps I retrace Once again at that place My heart colored black Will they dare take me back Tears on my cheek I can hardly speak Suddenly I'm held and embraced My composure lost all grace They forgive not forget At least till restitution is met I'll never let go These friends treasured so I hope someday to repay The outstanding kindness shown that day
Celestial CatharsisDashing through the firmaments Dancing among the stars They ring like heavenly instruments Singing harmonious melodic bars Riding along an asteroid It's tail a frozen trail of silver Astonishing physics of the void Momentarily part of something greater The solar winds that come and go The warm embrace of nebulae Allow my thoughts to ebb and flow Invigorating and refreshing as sea spray The astral plain grants me peace Troubles and terrors passing by This great escape and grand release There's nothing left for me to hide I've come so far and gone so fast The adrenaline keeps me company Streaking shining, oh if the joy could last Happiness diffuse from within me Watching planets parade the universe An astral ensemble in perfect cadence These breathless cosmic bodies disperse Accrued grief from terrestrial agents Rocky congregations of ice and stones Frustration dispensed against them is When the fury has fled my shaking bones My mind is calmed and honed are my senses This comic playground keeps me whole Tears born not of grief but of burdens shed The fire within me that is my soul Reduces now that excess heat is bled Looking back at the brilliant azure marble The place I call home with all those I know Beauty as striking as the universe I marvel Traversing back home, to loved ones I go Author's Note I imagine that whenever Celestia really needs to vent she just flys off into the cosmos and sleeps on beds of nebulae and smashes rocky planetoids
The Cadence of CompassionFrom the fires of desire To the rapids of infatuation From the companionship of comrades To the families found in friendship Sometimes it burns slow It smolders and it glows Other times it ignites fast And blinds you with a flash It can suddenly overwhelm And surprise the captain at the helm With the rapid rush of water All your logic can be slaughtered Sometimes the feeling hides Like a tiger its time it bides Only to suddenly spring out Like a kite that's come about It can strike deep in your heart As the courtship gets it start And yet sputter out with a whisper Falling silent to all but one listener Some build strong over time Others slowly erode like lime With some it feels like you're friends of old With others it feels like a story never told Every relationship has its pace Some at a walk or others at a race Every action and reaction Is the cadence of compassion Author's Note If you made it this far, let me know what you think! I'd love to hear any and all feedback!
