To Mokuba, From Seto
Pixilated images race before my eyes as I hurry to meet my own deadline,
While you gaze out your window and dream of becoming me.
I've given you all I can, believing that none of it has ever been enough,
But you'd simply burst into a joyful sob and admonish me for offering what little I had.
We've always been there for one another,
Tearing down the gates of hell if such proved necessary.
Now everything has changed.
Wounds of mine have been opened, old wounds that I was too naïve to even notice were there,
Or rather, those of which whose presence I refused to acknowledge.
I scrutinize a mirror, searching hysterically for myself,
Only to find my empty shell brought to the ground by the appalling defeat I have suffered.
A white tiger graces the card I hold in front of my eyes;
It is claimed to be omniscient,
But I'm assured it cannot elucidate the dark haze of ambiguity that envelops my heart.
However, this tiger has brought happiness for you;
Please hang on to it.
I'm sorry, kid,
But I need a little time off.
Perhaps further isolation will bestow some answers.
Do not feel so troubled;
I no longer know myself,
But I still know you.
Pixilated images race before my eyes as I hurry to meet my own deadline,
While you gaze out your window and dream of becoming me.
I've given you all I can, believing that none of it has ever been enough,
But you'd simply burst into a joyful sob and admonish me for offering what little I had.
We've always been there for one another,
Tearing down the gates of hell if such proved necessary.
Now everything has changed.
Wounds of mine have been opened, old wounds that I was too naïve to even notice were there,
Or rather, those of which whose presence I refused to acknowledge.
I scrutinize a mirror, searching hysterically for myself,
Only to find my empty shell brought to the ground by the appalling defeat I have suffered.
A white tiger graces the card I hold in front of my eyes;
It is claimed to be omniscient,
But I'm assured it cannot elucidate the dark haze of ambiguity that envelops my heart.
However, this tiger has brought happiness for you;
Please hang on to it.
I'm sorry, kid,
But I need a little time off.
Perhaps further isolation will bestow some answers.
Do not feel so troubled;
I no longer know myself,
But I still know you.
