Rambling thoughts of Lucario. I always thought it was sad, the misunderstanding that he had with his master...
Such a pathetic title. It's the truth, anyway—that's what my poem is about…
Lucario's lament
Why? Why?
-
It began so perfectly
It was almost like a flawless golden sunrise in my dystopia
It was a sign to me that in this darkness
In a world where humans were the rising tyrants
There was still hope for me
For us all.
-
It began like a dream
A world of rainbows and blazing fire
A figurative sunset we crossed in the bow of an imaginary ship
It was that day we chose to intertwine our paths
To forge a journey, an unshaking bridge of steel before us
Over the river of chaos, a shattered clockwork world
-
Why did that ever have to change?
-
Through the world, half in tatters, we crossed
We watched the others as they fell, one by one before us
All they, similarly once wild, but tamed to the wiles of man
All weakened by this loyalty to destiny
Disbelief of freedom
-
I was different, I told myself.
You were not a master
But a friend, a true companion
It was this single belief, like a mirage of water in a desert
That kept me obedient to your commands
-
And so battle after battle we won
It was a fact that irked me, an eternal itch in my mind
That I was being led on the whims of man
"Take down!"
You would command if of me
I would follow the command without dispute
Like a machine, like a device custom-made to your purpose
-
But you would smile so kindly, as you had that first day
And every time, it won me over, a warm honey-gold smile—
That would draw a smile from me in return
A stiff, steel smile.
-
A friend. A friend.
It was my mantra, a command unto myself
A cry for tolerance and belief of its possibility—
That even man's hearts of steel could be melted
That Pokemon and man could live in symbiosis
-
A friend. I was reciting lies to myself.
-
But the sweetness of my world turned sour
Like a rose petal wilting and succumbing to decay
The bright sunset finally gave way into a frozen night
A night that faded in upon me without my realisation
Grew colder and darker like frost growing on the windows
Until it was too late for me
And I could no longer leave
-
Pokemon began their uprising
And the skies turned the cruel shade of blood
The cruel shade of a world thrown into shadow
I would battle, fight by your side
I knew, simply knew that you would trust me!
We would be the strongest
-
That doubt! Why did I feel doubt in your aura?
-
Light! Thunder! A burning in my very flesh
That steel flesh that had never felt pain before—
Why were you entrapping me? What about our partnership—
I stared through a window of crystal,
Watched painfully as you fled, and turned back once
With terror in your eyes
-
Where was our old friendship?
Why?
-
Your smile, sweet as honey, melted from my memory
As I wore through the centuries and saw the world change
As I waited, waited forlornly for you to free me
All the while wondering:
Why have you forsaken me?
-
I once thought that our frienship was real!
I was just an ignorant fool.
I wish I had known your true intent
Through that false smile
Through those false words
That never came from your heart—
That I was only to be your tool.
Till I was expired and useless.
Till you no longer needed me.
-
It hasn't changed.
Why, I ask over and over
Each time, each one, a flaying from a barbed whip.
It is what I want to know.
Why?
Why did you take me for nothing,
Lie to me, give me such excuses—
Just to make me your tool?
-
Why?
Heh, starts and ends with "why". You know, when they first heard Lucario, he was saying "why" over and over.
I think it started fine. But it went downhill later in the poem...