This is the first poem in my Emancipation of My Thoughts: Naruto series. To explain this whole thing a little better, what I'm going to be doing is writing poems (usually free verse) and drabble for each of the Naruto characters or for an event, idea, etc. in Naruto. I personally don't have any use in posting this series here other than to, obviously, emancipate my thoughts, so I don't expect much from you readers. Reviews, as always, are welcome, but there are so many ways to write poetry and/or drabble that I can't help but think that all of them are right, and therefore don't feel the need for feedback. Thanks anyways, though...and if you didn't like this poem, please still take a look at some of the others!! They're actually all pretty different. Also, I really hate that this format is forcing me to have everything double-spaced!! The dashes are where the stanzas are supposed to end and there's supposed to be a space. This document format thing is not letting me just press enter, but I really feel like the poem's not the same without the stanzas... : )
--MC
HEART OF GOLD
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Who have we to thank
For making you who you are?
What have we to appreciate
For making you what you are?
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It seems as though everyone,
At some point in their life,
Goes through that darkness
Enters that place of incarceration.
But not everyone comes out.
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What is it that frees you
And lets you be who you are?
Who is it that emancipates you
And lets you be happy and loved?
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Because once you are freed,
There is no going back.
The world is a better place
When you're no longer alone
When you are emancipated—
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And as time goes on
You can't help but
Emancipate other people,
Paying it forward,
Making the world a better place.
And they, in turn,
Emancipate other people,
Pay it forward,
Make the world a better place.
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The numbers rack up.
Do you know where it started?
Do you know where it will end?
Do you know what we see
When we look into the
Azure blueness of your eyes?
Do you know how many lives
You've changed?
Do you know how many lives
You've saved?
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Your existence extends celestially
And it may be hard, or impossible
For you to believe
But in worlds parallel to your own
There are those of us
Whose lives have been changed
Whose lives have been saved
By the truth of you.
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Yet there is one
Who was right in front of your eyes.
There is one
Whom you couldn't seem to save.
There is one
Who is still shrouded in the darkness.
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Perhaps that's what it all is.
That's the theme of the story,
The lesson we've learned,
The ultimate purpose of your existence.
We may never know.
All we know for sure
Is that your heart of gold
Will lead you to your dreams.
If you are scared of sap, cheese, or corn, please do not read on. Oh, who am I kidding, read on, no matter what!! Come on, press the next chapter button or whatever!! lol.
--MC