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The Future's Response: Defeating the Darkness
The future:
it is shaped by the past,
pushed forward by the present; it is
our actions,
our thoughts,
that create it: we are the
soothsayers
of this world.
The past is not something to be forgotten,
something to be cast aside because it is
bedecked with misfortune.
It is something to be reflected upon;
it is our teacher;
it is there to encourage us to construct the future;
it is there to encourage us to reach toward the heavens for our dreams.
It is history:
it is the lesson of what is right and what is wrong,
of the consequences that have befelled the earth and its people.
It is a story of ancient lands,
a story of our ancestors,
of our past selves.
How do we learn if we
cast aside the past, ignore what it has to offer?
Anger, hatred:
an enemy that lies within the
deepest,
darkest
pits of the heart. Even when one
defeats the outer enemies,
conquers the outer obstacles,
there are always the obstacles within. Anger and hatred are not
squelched by the mere collapse of outer boundaries. Once one has
defeated what is outside, one must turn
to the heart,
to the inside,
and defeat the dark winds that threaten to blow out the
candle of hope.
It dims, slowly, a flicker of pale orange;
it is cool, weakened—
are you going to let it vanish?
Once it is gone, it cannot return:
it is lost forever, and the
heart
shall be forced to
submit to the overwhelming power of
darkness.
Friendship:
the walls of the fortress,
the blockade,
the army,
the knights of light and hope.
One who does not allow friendship into the
vision of the future
is one who is lost,
whose soul is fated to wander the heavens in
loneliness.
Shall you let this happen?
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This is the "response" to the previous poem, "The Future." Can anyone guess who the "speaker" is in this poem?
I have a favor to ask of those of you who keep careful track of the dub. Could a few of you please let me know which episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! have been shown wherever you live (numbers would be nice)? I have poem ideas, but they involve major spoilers—and I mean MAJOR spoilers!
SeilinKenga: Like he is standing in a gale? O_o An invisible one, to be sure. (It gets worst; it gets to the point where it is permanently rippled, and acts like he is standing in a hurricane when he is walking at a snail's pace. And I should point out that he does not walk any faster than a snail's pace, even when he should be running…probably because that coat must weigh a ton…)
shimmering dragon: It is beyond crazy; the entire style of animation consists of unnatural poses (if only humans were that flexible, darn it!), unusual hairstyles (not to mention hair and eye colors), and cool outfits of shiny belts, fabric, and wires (and the occasional Millennium Item).
Margaret: It's called Oddities for a reason. What can I say? Even dragons are capable of possessing an odd sense of humor.
(posted 02.01.04)
