Author's Note: Here's my lame, lame attempt at trying to write a poem again. Actually, I wrote this poem for history class last year while we were studying about the Vietnam War, and I just stumbled across this poem while cleaning out my room this morning. Heh. Who knew I had a whole buncha junk stored on my shelves? Anyways, here goes nothing. I'm not even sure who this poem's supposed to portray. It could be a corrupted SeeD in battle or something or a resistance group like the one that Rinoa was in, but then, it could be a whole bunch of other characters, too. I kinda altered the poem a little to match the Final Fantasy VIII style and stuff. Ok. That's all. Time for me to shut up.

Disclaimer: I only own this poem. Nothing else…I think…Final Fantasy VIII belongs to Squaresoft.

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By day

I might be a regular person

Pretending to look like nothing was wrong

I may look oblivious, but deep down inside

There's confusing and loneliness toiling in my eyes

The peace that you see in my face is not real

The kindness in my smile, that's not how I feel

Don't try to befriend me,

Just stay where you are

All I ask for is some space

Am I going too far?

By night

It's a whole different story

My fears and my hatred pour out of my mind

I'm feeling pain and sadness…and a small hint of pride?

I'm fighting for my country…or am I fighting for survival?

Whose side am I really on? I'm asking myself

I hear bombs and suddenly

The guy next to me blows up

I run for my life

I'm dazed and confused

I hear bullets whizzing by

And see explosions in my eyes

I smell the dead scent of blood, from the corpses on the ground

They scream in agony…they're shouting in my ears…

Where am I running to? I wonder…

I'm fighting for independence

For the freedom of my country

For the sake of our survival

Our own place in the world

I'm a person by day and a SeeD by night

And my goal in this war, is to get to the core

Of freedom and endurance

So don't worry, Timber

'Cuz we will win this war.

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AN2: How was it? Good? Okay? Bad? Not even worth reading? Worst thing you ever read? R/R! ^_^ Thankiez!