I just scribbled down this Seto angst poem during lunch last Tuesday, and I have a strong desire to share it. I have some more ides for poems on other characters and events in the show, so if you like this one, watch out for more. Please tell me what you think of these poems because I need to improve my writing.
What I Have
Stumbling down
another cold path,
alone and hurting.
the pavement is dark with my anger.
no one but him to live for.
must keep walking
i am cold. he is cold.
i am hungry, he looks at me silently.
must protect him, my reason for life…
Move the pieces
i don't want to be cold anymore
Knight captures Bishop
i don't want to be poor
Advance the Pawns
i don't want to be helpless
Queen takes Rook
i don't want to be hungry
Isn't that Checkmate?
i don't want to be without him
We live in a mansion, now, with a hundred rooms
We live with an army of one hundred servants.
You can have anything you want here
A hundred score,
except for freedom
except for escape
i have no money
But I have scars.
i have no mother
But I have pain.
i give him his designs,
his programs and his gadgets.
i wait for my reward, the highlight of his day:
a generous salary of cuts and bruises
a lovely helping of pain and torment,
a heaping blessing of curses and kicks
he can hurt me
he can taunt me
I stand without a word,
burning over in my agony.
he can destroy me
but he will not touch my brother
I do what he says
i build what he wants
but when he threatens my last reason for life
i will end him
"What are you doing?" he asks me
"What do you think you can do?"
his eyes are hard as rocks;
he watches me, smiling with his broad face.
I observe his eyes go wide,
and then shrink smaller, as they get further away.
he had already hit bottom, as far as being human
how far can one man fall?
I only helped him hit the pavement.
No longer searching or wandering, now,
i live in a mansion with a hundred rooms
i order the lives of a hundred servants
i have money
i have power
i have my brother
Who am I now?
Champion Duelist, Master of the Blue Eyes
Company CEO, Multi-millionaire
Technical Wizard, Executive Genius
mokuba laughs and holds up an ice cream cone.
before my eyes, it melts in the sun.
before my eyes, everything sweeps away.
unexpectedly defeated in a duel, I ponder my losses,
wolves scramble to devour my company,
and then he is gone
flown away on the wings of the mythical horse
to an island where a monster dwells.
you took my money
you took my power
you took him
wandering, searching
down another cold path,
alone and hurting
how far can one man fall?
the sand is black with my anger
i don't want to be lost anymore
I am tired and chilled to the bone
must find mokuba, my reason for living
Someone asked me once…
At the end of the day
what do you have?