I do not own Hetalia
First, second
Winner. The Best. First.
Titles I have known,
Given to me at one point or
Another.
Winner. the Best. First.
The top I have crawled to
Bit by bit from rocky
Bottom.
Winner. The Best. First.
All those titles, honors,
That have lost their
Meanings.
Second
They say its not so bad
second place is the second winner
It's something to be proud of.
I'm not stupid.
I know what second
Really is, between him and me:
He is First; I am his second.
That's how it always will be.
Friends, enemies, acquaintances
All talk of him fondly
From time to time,
Talk of how he was First.
I don't mind them,
Their words. They cause
No pain. From their words
I am immune.
The only one it pains me to hear,
Our closest friend. The sad smile he wears,
His voice always so soft, so mournful,
All for the First.
Only when he speaks do I remember
How young I am compared
To him, to our friends and neighbors,
To the First.
Cousin Roderick thinks I'm more clever.
Brother Gilbert claims my 'awesomeness' over his.
Neighbor Francis says I'm far scarier.
Best Friend Feliciano tells me I'm stronger.
But they all still say I'm like the First:
Same voice, different accents.
Same hair, different style.
Same face, no smile.
I'm second, an heir
To an empire I never built
Expected to fill his role
And be as good as he was.
Expected to be everything
The First would have been
As if he never left,
Never left our big brother,
Never left our best friend,
Never left this burden for me.
Is it my destiny to always be second?
second to kiss the Italian two doors down?
second to try to make a name for the family?
secondto lose to the Frenchman next door?
I'm starting to think
No matter how long I live,
No matter how much I do,
I'll never be better than the First.
The First. The Best. The Winner.
He's the First, and I'm his second.
And that's how it always will be.
Weird things happen when I wait for videos to buffer…0,o Anyway, this poem was inspired by 'Shadows' by more than meets the eye. (IT won't let me post the link, so search the author or put HRE and Germany under Characters and complete on status, currently it is one of the first stories)
Just a little something about Germany in comparison to Holy Roman Empire (I'm still for the Germany is HRE thing, though).
Sorry, I'm not the best poet. ^^; Well, R&R kindly, please.