Author's note: This poem is told from Littlefoot's perspective. For those who have seen the movies and/or television episodes, it is known that Cera can be really mean, even aggressive to Littlefoot and the others. In this poem, Littlefoot is expressing all his pent up anguish at the way Cera keeps treating him. These words are echoing in his heart. Also, this site never lets me group my poem lines together, which is why there is a space after each line. To make this more readable, each verse is supposed to be six lines- the first two rhyme, the next three rhyme, then it ends with a question except the last which ends with a statement.
My Inner Turmoil
I try to hide it in every way.
I work to keep my emotions at bay.
Oh, Cera, you can be so mean.
Is lashing out to you so keen?
A peaceful path I haven't seen.
What am I to do?
I knew the proper path to take.
My confidence was not a fake.
I wanted the left but she went right.
Her decision almost a tragic sight,
We nearly did not survive the fight.
What am I to think?
I gained a friend but lost a mother.
With her loving tongue, she did smother.
Now I'm left with a rude Three Horn.
Each passing day, I see such scorn.
I worry when comes the shining morn'.
What am I to feel?
She argues with me oh so much.
She snaps at just the faintest touch.
I try so hard to show her kindness,
But it's like she suffers from a blindness.
Her constant anger is so mindless.
How should I react?
I make sure to treat her very well.
Yet on and on she likes to yell.
What good is coming from my toil?
My kindnesses she'll often spoil.
She tramples my feelings just like the soil.
How should I continue?
For mother's sake, I try to be strong.
But maybe in this, I'm doing it wrong.
About other kinds, maybe mother was right.
I grow weary from this endless fight.
When with her, it can be an ugly sight.
How should I behave?
All I can do is harbor my feeling.
To lash out would not be appealing.
Cera the Three Horn is my friend.
Nonetheless, my heart does rend.
With so much abuse, it cannot mend.
I can only take so much.
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