|Learning to Speak Without Words|
|_______Tenshi no Kijutsu______|
Prologue:
footsteps fall silent
upon deaf ears;
a blunt reminder
of memories
a slow speech, without
a single word.
one final smile
with no meaning.
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"Ah, so you've finished!" said the old woman.
"Yes, I am sure I have," replied the visitor.
"So what do you see in these few simple words? A fairytale land, a battle, a plague? A romance, or perhaps a tragedy? Do you see violence and destruction or a happily ever after? Choose carefully young one, for your fate lies in your answer. A few simple words can mean the world to someone, yet in another's eyes be rendered meaningless," the wise old woman said.
She hobbled over to the fireplace and tossed a log into the dying flames.
"I see all of those things and an eternity of more," the young visitor said after a moment's pause. "I see a world of possibility, where each word has endless meanings."
"Aye, that you do," the woman said, smiling. "And now you have passed my test, and I have seen that you are a true thinker. So be gone with you; seek your answer if you wish to do so. But remember always the lesson you have learned. Nothing is eternal, everything is different to each person that sees it."
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Mmkays people, what do you think? The part about the old woman and her visitor is an excerpt from a story I have written in my mind. It has nothing to do with "Learning to Speak Without Words." So please review and give me your interpretations of the poem. I wrote it espescially for this. In the next chapter, I will give you its title and what it's supposed to mean.
-Tenshi no Kijutsu
|_______Tenshi no Kijutsu______|
Prologue:
footsteps fall silent
upon deaf ears;
a blunt reminder
of memories
a slow speech, without
a single word.
one final smile
with no meaning.
---------------------------
"Ah, so you've finished!" said the old woman.
"Yes, I am sure I have," replied the visitor.
"So what do you see in these few simple words? A fairytale land, a battle, a plague? A romance, or perhaps a tragedy? Do you see violence and destruction or a happily ever after? Choose carefully young one, for your fate lies in your answer. A few simple words can mean the world to someone, yet in another's eyes be rendered meaningless," the wise old woman said.
She hobbled over to the fireplace and tossed a log into the dying flames.
"I see all of those things and an eternity of more," the young visitor said after a moment's pause. "I see a world of possibility, where each word has endless meanings."
"Aye, that you do," the woman said, smiling. "And now you have passed my test, and I have seen that you are a true thinker. So be gone with you; seek your answer if you wish to do so. But remember always the lesson you have learned. Nothing is eternal, everything is different to each person that sees it."
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Mmkays people, what do you think? The part about the old woman and her visitor is an excerpt from a story I have written in my mind. It has nothing to do with "Learning to Speak Without Words." So please review and give me your interpretations of the poem. I wrote it espescially for this. In the next chapter, I will give you its title and what it's supposed to mean.
-Tenshi no Kijutsu
