Hey guys! Here's a new one. Hope you enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, the characters, or anything that inspired this. I do own this spontaneous poem, though.

This formatting isn't letting me do my indenting... Sigh.

6/25/11 EDIT: I've added the equal signs so that the "indents" show. Please excuse the weirdness. I really wanted the indents, and the tab wasn't working with the formatting, soooo...

I guess without further ado!


To Burn Brightly, Then to Die


Candles that are

=== Burning brightest

=== Die the fastest

The stars that will

=== Be quickly formed

=== Are fast deformed

And—

Just like a star

=== Soon to explode—

=== Or to implode?—

One with much skill

=== Gathered too fast

=== Will never last

Pow'r unsustained

=== Speed'ly destructs

=== The rotten luck

The sword's honed head

=== Will lose sharpness

=== From the darkness

For unmaintained

=== Exploding pow'r

=== Will soon devour

The life who's led

=== That forceful life

=== Solely to strive

If you seek death—

=== Press on forward

=== Your path toward

Your final breath,

=== Quickly coming

=== Looming, humming,

Modern Macbeth,

=== You soon will fade

=== Beneath your shade

[To burn brightly, then to die

A star solely to snatch the eye]


A/N: If Sasuke and Naruto continue their exponential power growth, they may actually kill themselves. Though they still might kill each other in the end. Hm.

EDIT: Once again, sorry about the weird formatting. Thanks for reading!

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