Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII.
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Lament For a Flower-Girl
Inside a garden of sunlight's quaint gleam,
Praying, lies a face that exists in dream.
Come alive once more, deep forested thought
Know that she has a life that is now naught.
Permeates his thoughts, her laugh no longer
Without her presence, he is no stronger.
The yellow and white lilies shine with dew
From fresh summer's rain; life begins anew.
At the same instance, death hazes the air
Holiness ceasing to speak, is this prayer?
His eyes are solemn, his mind in a rave,
Clothing soaked with the water that's her grave.
Once the light has left, existence will stop
Like dried up gardens with no sweet raindrops.
Why has he forgotten how to smile?
For his pain has rendered his conscience vile.
Her sweet soft skin is now so icy cold
Those lips trap words with their meanings untold.
His hands are shaking, his eyes are burning
Emotions breaking with his heart churning.
He knows that Hades will not beckon him in,
Instead the stream of life will cleanse his sin.
To think that a woman is brought to doom,
And still in the church, the flowers bloom.
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It's a poem I wrote for an American Literature assignment. It's in iambic tetrameter and contains a few allusions and inverse lines. It focuses on Cloud's mourning of Aeris, and I got a 29/30 on it. (I had one inverse line less then the requirement).
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