Hollow Bastion

A/N: My first FF.net posting! And typed using the fabulous Editpad Lite, no less! *plugs shamelessly* A poem, based on the concept of Hollow Bastion, from Kingdom Hearts. Note that Sora is not the speaker and that it is incredibly ambiguous.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Hollow Bastion, they are property of Square and Disney. No harm is intended by this original work of fiction/poetry.

Copyrighted March of 2003, Melisande.

Hollow Bastion

Hollow Bastion,
Fortress of illusion,
I salute you.

From lock to lock
This castle's empty
No king reigns here
In decaying splendor

Hollow Bastion,
Fortress of trickery,
I commend you.

Dsigned impregnable
Nothing in or out
Brought the creators
To their untimely ends

Hollow Bastion,
Fortress of solemnity,
I will win you.

The princesses fair
Linger in the keep
The belly of a dragon
It's secrets to keep

Hollow Bastion,
Fortress of loneliness,
I have failed you.

Go, thou wanderer,
From Destiny fair,
And battle this beast
Until her secrets she shares.

Hollow Bastion,
Fortress of sorrow,
I can look not on you.

My quest I have failed.