the pendulum swings
and another hour of life
is gone forever.
it is not disdain
that shields my heart from you love -
rather, it is fear.
go, go, godzilla!
rampaging, spread chaos, and
leave fear in your wake.
the gravel road leads
to a place I cannot see
except in my heart.
failure.
long has it stalked me
and now moves to kill.
dragonflies
hum through the air
their wings a chorus.
broken stones
a dry and water-less land.
home - or a grave?
Sing to me a song
Of things lost, hope, and regret,
Then I will be whole.
Twisting in the wind
Caught in the currents of time
So irresolute.
Your pen is worthy
To write down my bloody past
And share it with all.
Poems beyond count
Lodged in my mind without voice
Like seeds under snow.
The rising panic
Fills my mouth with the taste of
Copper and my blood.
The haiku laid out
In lines of five, seven, five
Are babbling nonsense.
Clicks and beeps resound
The calls of the animals
Of modern commerce.
Claws run down my flesh,
Fire through my nerves, as wolves
howl their victory.
The world's largest fish
could not sate the appetite
of a single cat.
Wings still as marble,
eyes see past the horizon -
an eagle in flight.
I call out to you.
Afterwards the air echoes
with thwarted longing.
grey smog floats like
rain filled clouds on a gloomy
late fall afternoon.
still, little green ponds.
among them dart the bright fish -
small, swift, and silver.
fires in the night
race through the woods, preparing
for the coming growth.
whispering fall winds
swirl the varicolored leaves
rivers of fire.
leaden grey skies, but
the church steeple rises up
solid, defiant.
sun blasted sand dunes
a trackless waste far from home -
here, I am at peace.
Jade Empire and all its characters and situations belong to BioWare. I'm just playing around with them for a while.
A/N : Takes place about three years before the game begins.
Master Li stood blinking in the bright spring dawn. He shared the habit of rising early and getting in a few hours of practice with many of his students, so the emptiness of the courtyard and the practice ring puzzled him. Soon, however, he heard shouts from the town square. A life of discipline let him control his annoyance long enough to don his master's robes. Suitably attired, he set out to see what idiocy his students had caused this time.
A crowd of townspeople
the pendulum swings
and another hour of life
is gone forever.
it is not disdain
that shields my heart from you love -
rather, it is fear.
go, go, godzilla!
rampaging, spread chaos, and
leave fear in your wake.
the gravel road leads
to a place I cannot see
except in my heart.
failure.
long has it stalked me
and now moves to kill.
dragonflies
hum through the air
their wings a chorus.
broken stones
a dry and water-less land.
home - or a grave?
Sing to me a song
Of things lost, hope, and regret,
Then I will be whole.
Twisting in the wind
Caught in the currents of time
So irresolute.
Your pen is worthy
To write down my bloody past
And share it with all.
Poems beyond count
Lodged in my mind without voice
Like seeds under snow.
The rising panic
Fills my mouth with the taste of
Copper and my blood.
The haiku laid out
In lines of five, seven, five
Are babbling nonsense.
Clicks and beeps resound
The calls of the animals
Of modern commerce.
Claws run down my flesh,
Fire through my nerves, as wolves
howl their victory.
The world's largest fish
could not sate the appetite
of a single cat.
Wings still as marble,
eyes see past the horizon -
an eagle in flight.
I call out to you.
Afterwards the air echoes
with thwarted longing.
grey smog floats like
rain filled clouds on a gloomy
late fall afternoon.
still, little green ponds.
among them dart the bright fish -
small, swift, and silver.
fires in the night
race through the woods, preparing
for the coming growth.
whispering fall winds
swirl the varicolored leaves
rivers of fire.
leaden grey skies, but
the church steeple rises up
solid, defiant.
sun blasted sand dunes
a trackless waste far from home -
here, I am at peace.