Farewell Lettersby LunariaChaptersActs of LoveAct of WrathActs of DespairActs of LoveAt night, glancing at the moon, I wonder What do you even see in me? That bright smile That undying heat That unyielding determination You throw it all at me How do you expect me to not stumble and fall? How do you expect my wilted and torn heart to respond? How do you expect me to avoid the toxic sap reaching for my brain? Yet sitting here In the moonlight With only your sleeping charge as company I crave it even more. I don't deserve it And I could never ask you for it But basking in your radiance? That which you deem I may have? I will take it fully I will hug it tighter than anything I will grow myself closer to your warmth. And then Maybe one day I will blossom. At sunset, staring at the crimson sky, I wonder Did you mean to steal it? Did you set out to enrapture me? Did you intend to steal the center of my domain? The answer will remain out of my reach Just like the colours of the sky When did I become a coward? My pinions are meant for flight Yet with your companion by my side we are grounded She does not know either But we both miss you. But I remember Every time I walk these empty halls Every evening as I stare at the horizon Every instance someone asks for my hoof Your smiling face greets me And all those times When you helped me where I struggled When you danced with me When you sung for me And stole that which I didn't think could be taken There will be others Youth is on my side But I wonder Will they be like you? Will they make me smile the way you did? Will they make me flutter so hard I forget to flap my wings? I hope they will But even more I hope we meet again Even if I dare not speak Of what goes on in my domain. At noon, shying my eyes away from the sun, I wonder When was the last time I looked you straight in eyes? I've grown afraid I've grown complacent I've grown another failure When was the last time I retreated up here To stare at my mirror image And truly reflect upon my actions? Too long The sight unnerves me For everything beneath you Falls upon my shoulders. I'm sick of it And I had hoped So desperately even That you would be different That you would fill our lives with joy That you would see me the way others can't And we were so close Yet achieving that now Is more distant than the moon Maybe this is all I deserve? Act of WrathYou stood before us all that day Your slitted eyes glimmered Your weapon raised in defiance Your soul against the elements You had stepped in Taking everything for yourself All to spare her the harm Yet now you faced us instead. But I couldn't ask them I couldn't demand of the elements Not anymore than you could Or so I thought For then they shun For you they answered For the call was just I cried out in vain For I couldn't lose you And you couldn't lose us Why would magic corrupt? Why would loyalty surrender? Why did kindness crumble? Why did laughter end? Why would generosity falter? Why would honesty lie? Why did empathy have to die that day? My questions remaind unsung For the light never falters For as the sun sets The moon raises Since time immemorial Till memory draws its last grasp. Author's Note I've never tried writing poetry before, so, here goes nothing I suppose. Probably the biggest issue for me writing something like this is that I don't *read* poetry. As interesting and respectable I find it on a technically level, I generally find reading poetry very dull. But if you don't read it then that makes it hard to *write it*, since you've got no context for how it's supposed to go. Still, I'm trying to get into song writing for another story of mine, which is slightly similar so maybe this is good practice? I left the character tags of this story at "others" because while this story does deal with canon characters, I feel like it fits better for the reader to judge who and what the story is about. Acts of DespairIt was raining that night The lifeblood of the earth and sky bothered me little But inside By the hearth I pondered What was I to do next? What goal could I set for myself? What hopeless dream could I fool myself with? For to not ponder Would stoke the flames further. Squeeze something hard enough Long enough And anything will burn. It was tempting that night There was nothing else left to say For there was no one to say it to But then A door opened A sign was given An angel stepped inside I never believed them The old pegasus tales Yet there you stood And your unrelenting eyes fell past the membrane And you saw the unseen. It was raining that evening Blood was given back to the earth yet again I was told That with this act of remembrance You'd be left in the past With a nod I spoke my farewell With a sad smile I rejected concerns With a firm step I walked away The greatest thief of all time Surely if it was you You'd steal even from his firm grasp Wouldn't you? The memento I carry The beacon that'd guide The gift of my eye It would lead me to you Wouldn't it? But as the years passed As my sphere grew to support others I found it again Or maybe it found me I can't be sure But of what came next is certain For they were mine And I was theirs. Yet another thief appeared I pondered if they surpassed you For they stole everything Leaving me as an empty husk Devoid of value to myself or the world. But then The unthinkable In my lowest of lows You found me again You stole your way into my sphere You reunited me with the place I belong Because of the memento The one I still hold dear. I wish you remained For you never left me. It was raining that day Blood and tears soaked the earth The only way to keep away the flames It reminded me of you Of the day we met Of the day our souls touched Of the cruelty I subjected you to For some reason I hoped it was you But that which have been returned Can not walk again Can not laugh again Can not be argue with again Why am I like this? We should have walked Together towards the horizon Wasn't that what you wanted? Wasn't that why you pushed? Wasn't that how you never refused to give up? The flickering flames They refuse to yield Not even a flood being enough It all reminds me of you How you could be here How you could stand by my side How you could be the one I need If only I'd been better If only I'd been the one you needed If only I'd learned But I didn't. Maybe next time I will?
Acts of LoveAt night, glancing at the moon, I wonder What do you even see in me? That bright smile That undying heat That unyielding determination You throw it all at me How do you expect me to not stumble and fall? How do you expect my wilted and torn heart to respond? How do you expect me to avoid the toxic sap reaching for my brain? Yet sitting here In the moonlight With only your sleeping charge as company I crave it even more. I don't deserve it And I could never ask you for it But basking in your radiance? That which you deem I may have? I will take it fully I will hug it tighter than anything I will grow myself closer to your warmth. And then Maybe one day I will blossom. At sunset, staring at the crimson sky, I wonder Did you mean to steal it? Did you set out to enrapture me? Did you intend to steal the center of my domain? The answer will remain out of my reach Just like the colours of the sky When did I become a coward? My pinions are meant for flight Yet with your companion by my side we are grounded She does not know either But we both miss you. But I remember Every time I walk these empty halls Every evening as I stare at the horizon Every instance someone asks for my hoof Your smiling face greets me And all those times When you helped me where I struggled When you danced with me When you sung for me And stole that which I didn't think could be taken There will be others Youth is on my side But I wonder Will they be like you? Will they make me smile the way you did? Will they make me flutter so hard I forget to flap my wings? I hope they will But even more I hope we meet again Even if I dare not speak Of what goes on in my domain. At noon, shying my eyes away from the sun, I wonder When was the last time I looked you straight in eyes? I've grown afraid I've grown complacent I've grown another failure When was the last time I retreated up here To stare at my mirror image And truly reflect upon my actions? Too long The sight unnerves me For everything beneath you Falls upon my shoulders. I'm sick of it And I had hoped So desperately even That you would be different That you would fill our lives with joy That you would see me the way others can't And we were so close Yet achieving that now Is more distant than the moon Maybe this is all I deserve?
Act of WrathYou stood before us all that day Your slitted eyes glimmered Your weapon raised in defiance Your soul against the elements You had stepped in Taking everything for yourself All to spare her the harm Yet now you faced us instead. But I couldn't ask them I couldn't demand of the elements Not anymore than you could Or so I thought For then they shun For you they answered For the call was just I cried out in vain For I couldn't lose you And you couldn't lose us Why would magic corrupt? Why would loyalty surrender? Why did kindness crumble? Why did laughter end? Why would generosity falter? Why would honesty lie? Why did empathy have to die that day? My questions remaind unsung For the light never falters For as the sun sets The moon raises Since time immemorial Till memory draws its last grasp. Author's Note I've never tried writing poetry before, so, here goes nothing I suppose. Probably the biggest issue for me writing something like this is that I don't *read* poetry. As interesting and respectable I find it on a technically level, I generally find reading poetry very dull. But if you don't read it then that makes it hard to *write it*, since you've got no context for how it's supposed to go. Still, I'm trying to get into song writing for another story of mine, which is slightly similar so maybe this is good practice? I left the character tags of this story at "others" because while this story does deal with canon characters, I feel like it fits better for the reader to judge who and what the story is about.
Acts of DespairIt was raining that night The lifeblood of the earth and sky bothered me little But inside By the hearth I pondered What was I to do next? What goal could I set for myself? What hopeless dream could I fool myself with? For to not ponder Would stoke the flames further. Squeeze something hard enough Long enough And anything will burn. It was tempting that night There was nothing else left to say For there was no one to say it to But then A door opened A sign was given An angel stepped inside I never believed them The old pegasus tales Yet there you stood And your unrelenting eyes fell past the membrane And you saw the unseen. It was raining that evening Blood was given back to the earth yet again I was told That with this act of remembrance You'd be left in the past With a nod I spoke my farewell With a sad smile I rejected concerns With a firm step I walked away The greatest thief of all time Surely if it was you You'd steal even from his firm grasp Wouldn't you? The memento I carry The beacon that'd guide The gift of my eye It would lead me to you Wouldn't it? But as the years passed As my sphere grew to support others I found it again Or maybe it found me I can't be sure But of what came next is certain For they were mine And I was theirs. Yet another thief appeared I pondered if they surpassed you For they stole everything Leaving me as an empty husk Devoid of value to myself or the world. But then The unthinkable In my lowest of lows You found me again You stole your way into my sphere You reunited me with the place I belong Because of the memento The one I still hold dear. I wish you remained For you never left me. It was raining that day Blood and tears soaked the earth The only way to keep away the flames It reminded me of you Of the day we met Of the day our souls touched Of the cruelty I subjected you to For some reason I hoped it was you But that which have been returned Can not walk again Can not laugh again Can not be argue with again Why am I like this? We should have walked Together towards the horizon Wasn't that what you wanted? Wasn't that why you pushed? Wasn't that how you never refused to give up? The flickering flames They refuse to yield Not even a flood being enough It all reminds me of you How you could be here How you could stand by my side How you could be the one I need If only I'd been better If only I'd been the one you needed If only I'd learned But I didn't. Maybe next time I will?
