Final Humanity
(poem based on Final Fantasy XIII)
I awoke to this new world
Feeling a surge of what you call happiness
For the first time, I'm at peace
No more battles
Just me and this cup of tea
Observing the beings of my past
They seem to be fairing well
No need to exchange words,
Just observe
Eventually they would look my way
And I would just smile drinking a cup of tea
Slowly by slowly
I find myself drifting away
Rewarded heavily for my good deeds
Yet now unneeded
There's nothing left to accomplish
Just me
The maids
The butler
And this tiny cup of tea
Cough Cough
I beg your pardon?
There's no need to worry
The bells will toll in thirteen days
And without even coaxing I will hear the angels sing
How ironic I must say
This doll, this vessel is long overdue
The emptiness is returning
Yet I'm just satisfied drinking this one cup of tea
Wait!
We are getting to a rather interesting part
Care to hear an unrevealed secret?
I at least owe it to the seven
After all they don't even know of my ailment
Of my departureā¦
535 years ago
There was a sickly girl
With rose colored hair
And eyes the color of the real sea.
She lived on an island in Cocoon
The last follower of the goddess Muin
When the final bell began to toll
The forgotten goddess restored her life
They made a pact
In return for this blessing
The girl would find the perfect vessel
To house the goddess' soul
She became a scientist
Yet even then her body was still weak
A few years laterā¦
She fell in love
She had forgotten
She's loosing focus
Oh no!
She gave birth to a still born!
Heartbroken
I was once a mother
Gasp
The goddess entered the lifeless body
She was reborn as a strong human girl.
Three years later sister was born
Only this child gave her mother strength
Marveled by this unusual child,
The goddess blessed her newfound sister
She would be the key to lock and unlock my mortality
She would restore time lost
A pure hearted angel
Named Sereh
Despite this blessing,
the life of the contractor was fading
on her death bed
it was then that she remembered
and reminded even the goddess (distracted by sereh)
of her goal
Her final wish was that I keep her safe
Reminding me that I would need her too
And at last she called this vessel
This doll
This shell
Her "Daughter"
Oblivious that I am her
Oblivious that she was me
The soul named Eclaire was drifting
I became that drive that made her lightning
Void of the comprehension of emotions
As I was in my previous life
I had to be strong for Sereh
I had to keep her safe from the clutches
Of the evil son
Who defeated me, the once supreme
And now destroys the world created with his tools
Searching for the key that would destroy me
His second tool known as Etro was a mistake
The goddess who resembled me
And yet she had came the closest to reaching her master's goal
Foolishly giving my key her farseeing eye
And making this vessel her champion.
I was fool too
I had sent my sister to what she was destined to do
Unaware at that moment that etro had tainted her
Tch! how careless
My state weekend as I saw her die
I had to do something to make everything right.
I created an epitoth
A vessel that would safeguard her precious soul
to her she has housed my remaining humanity.
Thus when my son took her soul from my heart
And threw her into the chaos
She was safe
Under the guise as "the savior" we defeated my son
I thought I was no longer needed in the real world
My goal was reach
My mission completed
But then my humanity called out to me
With the help of my companions
I became a human in the in this new world
Despite their efforts,
I fear that this vessel is long overdue
Fated to remain a lifeless doll
As it came out of the womb
Here in this future
I live in what you call bliss
Just watching the smoke rise up from my steaming cup of tea
-valkyrie yun
