This is a poem dedicated to Duel Academy's former Kaiser, Marufuji Ryo/Zane Truesdale. It talks about how he's changed and how his old friends seem to have given up.

Disclaimer: Kaiseress does not own Yugioh GX

Change

Beautiful eyes have filled with unparalleled hate.

Anger has replaced a quiet gentleness;

The silent comfort is gone.

Brother and friend have fallen

To this dark reincarnation of the one

Who once was the one who steadied them,

Gave them a way to define themselves.

His eyes, once deep and knowing

Are now chips of ice, cold and unyielding,

Wanting only one thing:

Victory at any cost, no matter how savage

Or painful.

Disrespect is no issue, not even an afterthought

Even as his oldest and trusted friend screams in agony.

Even his own brother's screams provoke nothing.

The once-emotionless, yet kind face now

Sports a sadist's smile

The ones who once called him their friend

Have given up; the old him is forgotten.

Few still hope for a return,

And now the debilitating shocks

Of hell's darkest pits have found

Their mark. Perhaps he may

Overcome it, but he is changed.

Perhaps it is over; maybe his destiny is to fall.

But I hope again that destiny can change.

Fin

I know it wasn't great, but this isn't necessarily to make people love it; it's just something I wrote because I was feeling depressed. Putting my feelings on paper (or computer) helps to ease the pain. Okay, I know I'm being weird...