FF7 and all characters, concepts, etc. are not mine. Clear?
This poem is, however. You're welcome to borrow, but please credit. I'm fond of my works.
See if you can spot all the references!
Shades of Glory
Chaos is a lack of order
Structure, sound, or shape or form
In the shapeless, spinning void
Where your darkest dreams are born.
And caged within our musings
As a creature of the night
Drowning in our darkest glories
Machinations of the Light.
OO OO
It was hope that drew you hither
Hope that promised, hope that swore
Of an end to all of torments
Of an empty, open door
And, exhausted by your efforts
You let all the flock of lies
Lend you comfort in their falsehood –
For you dared to dream the skies.
OOO
And a light then were you given
And a truth within her eyes
Shades of glory beyond dreaming
And she gave you all the skies
Such a wondrous, welcome torment
Such a bitter-sweetened pain
Cloaked beyond a cool refinement
You could never hope to gain.
OOO
Yet not all light is of glory
And not all truth is divine.
In smog-choked straining towers
In the ashes of our time
For the puppeteer was laughing
As you stepped within their sight
The illusion of a choice
For the Dark must seek the Light.
OOO
For all dreams must someday fade
And all wonder must swift go
For a secret was awaiting
In the chill of northern snow
And your light it dared devour
With the title of a name –
"The Mother of the Angel"
Bore a fury beyond flame.
OOO
Bore a child doubly damned
In this torture we call life.
Damned to madness never ending
With a solace found in strife.
And a father, long forgotten(1)
Damned to linger and abide
Who, in mourning beyond measure
Called the shadows to his side.
OOO
So the Darkness swiftly gathered
To your weakness and despair
Gave you eyes of bloody mourning
As fell triumph wracked the air.
Crooning songs of honeyed hatred
At a puppet sweetly stringed
Made a monster of its mocking –
And it named you Chaos-Winged.
OEndO
1. Because I'd rather believe that Vincent is Sephiroth's father then Hojo.