Anyway, this is the first batch of Avatar Poetry. Please excuse all of the Zuko poems...I was on a sever Zuko kick. Please let me know if you notice anything out of character. Thanks for taking the time to read my poems.
Title: In Your Eyes
By: Katara
To: Zuko
Ships: Yes, Zutara
I stare into your eyes
And I see so much
I see things I would never expect
From Your kind
How can you care?
So much about anything
You defy your people
But why?
What is it about you that makes me care
What is it about you that challenges me
That makes me want to know more
That makes me love the fire in your eyes
What was it? What is it?
Was that look love?
Or was it simply confusion...
Was it compassion?
Or was it all a Lie?
Title: Burned Bridges
By: Zuko
People Say
Burned bridges can never be crossed
If that is the case
I have no bridges left to cross
I shattered my chances
With all those I loved
I've burned all the bridges
Connecting them to me
So I ask
Can a burned bridge be crossed?
Can I fix the mistakes that I made?
Title: Is She Alive?
By: Zuko
I listen to my father's words
Again and again in my mind
And I find it so hard to puzzle meaning
From such plain speech
Does he know more of her fate?
Than he says?
Or is he just trying to push me
Into making another mistake
In my mind I ask the same question
Again and again I ask:
Is she alive?
Could she really be alive some where
But of course there is no answer
At least not a straight one
In the confines of my mind
But that doesn't stop me from wondering...
Is she alive?
Title: Forbidden Love
By: Zuko and Katara
To: Zuko and Katara
Ships: Zutara, very end, a little Maiko
Katara:
How can I feel anything for him
After everything he's done TO me
After the way he hurt Aang
How can Aang ever trust him?
How can I ever trust him?
But something inside of me
Pushes me to listen why?
Zuko:
How can I feel anything for her?
After the way she's been acting
After she attacked me while I was
On my knees
That put me in mind of my Father
So how do I still care for her?
After she threatened my Life
If I make one more mistake
Katara:
Somehow, I do
Feel something for him
Other than the anger and Hate
I do, but I can't let him see that
He's hurt us badly enough
Without knowing he could
Wrap me around his finger
Zuko:
I can't let her see
How I really feel
For in doing so
I would give her a path
Into a heart
That has been damaged so badly before
That would be asking
For even more
Pain in the end
And besides...what about Mai?
Title: Who Am I?
By: Zuko
After everything
I sit here staring at
This painting of you
So many things
I have done,
Would horrify you beyond belief
I gaze at the image of you
And I ask
Who am I?
Of all the questions
In my mind
This one rings through the hardest
I am the Fire Lord's Eldest
I was Heir Apparent from the age of 10
I was an outcast
I was a simple boy working on a farm
If only for a day
I was a normal teen
Working in a tea shop
If only for a while
I was a warrior
A traitor even once
Now I am a teacher
And an enemy.
Still the same question rings
In my mind as I gaze
Upon the face
That I remember so well
Who Am I?
