Life is Quite Often Depressing
I subdue myself into tight-lipped fury
Speaking to no one,
Only penning the silence in all its glory.
Get you gone;
I'll put up a happy face
the very world I must con.
I don't care.
It doesn't matter anymore.
Talk, don't you dare.
Leave I must,
To be free of this curse
I say it's just not just.
It wasn't always this way,
Of that I'm sure.
We share a bond unbreakable 'till this day.
I lay myself down,
Let sleep overcome,
Rest upon my head its forgiving crown.
Steal upon me,
Leave the mists of time.
Reality, I don't want to see
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Finally, I let them fall.
Tears held up so long.
I cannot ignore misery's call.
Past my stubborn cheeks,
Silent as the vast oceans they hail from.
Even the strongest dam has its leaks.
I don't care.
The truth?
My feelings I never share.
But why did you leave?
Didn't you care?
My heart in two you did cleave.
Behind this façade I am hidden.
Nothing will break me.
No, nothing until the end.
THE END
I AM BROKEN.
And I do not know how I'll mend.
Good Bye…
I still care.
It was enough to make me cry.
This is in Mai's POV, her reaction to finding just a note from Zuko after he disappeared. She's mad that he left, and is trying to act as if she couldn't care less, but she's deeply hurt and upset on the inside. She just wants to run away from the pain, leave the place, to be rid of her loss. But she knows she can't.
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Written for my readers, all of you Maiko fans out there who were appalled and astonished at Zuko's decision.
--iamtheblindbandit—
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Oh right, and this is dedicated to you, my readers!
Actually, this was written before The Boiling Rock, including the A/N above. But here's another interpretation of the same poem in light of new events.
Ok, so still, obviously, in Mai's POV. Now, she's upset, and doubting her decision to save him. She's stuck, alone in a damp, dingy call (Ty Lee is in the one next to her, separated by a stone wall) and she's been there for a few days. She's now lost hope of Zuko ever coming back to save her, and she thinks that Azula may have her killed soon (the "THE END/Good Bye" part.) She's trying hard to keep a strong face, and she's promising to both herself, and Zuko that no matter what happens, she still loves him more than she fears her.
I couldn't resist posting a poem, especially one that's been waiting in my DOCUMENTS list page thing for so long. (Remember the summary? Says stories and poems alternating by 5...) Oh yeah, and the next one is written, and I'll post it as soon as I get a review. It's another poem, but no pairings this time. Slight angst against the war and the Fire Nation in general, though...
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Oh right, and this is dedicated to you, my readers!
