Inside the box was a note. I had absolutely no idea what it could have written inside but I
had to find out. If I read it, I might break a curse! Let's hope not, I really am not into the
idea of that. I opened the note and I found… a poem.
An Ode to Life
You are the hot-air balloon,
Bringing color to the dull, gray sky.
You are the natural beauty,
Of the Spiran Calm Lands in the winter.
You are the tall, grand forest,
Holding lives of many animals,
Shielding them from the outer world.
You are the long, lost world of Crystalia,
Not yet seen or found by the world.
You are a playground,
Bringing happiness to all young and old.
You are a wedding,
Celebrating the connections and bonds between two people,
Starting a new life together.
Just then, two small, exquisite rings fell from the note, somehow held until that
specific moment. The note then continued.
You are the true love,
Hidden beneath a book's cover.
You are the drawing,
Formed by a young girl's imagination.
You are a close friend,
Who sticks close through thick and thin.
You are a baby plant,
Growing with your own experiences.
You are a breeze,
Carrying soft whispers to a lonely soul's ears.
You are the night sky,
A beautiful blanket full of stars.
You are a poet's poem,
Being read to the whole world,
Bringing forth new meaning to all poems.
You are a department store,
Full of new clothes just waiting to be tried on.
You are a restaurant,
That founded a chain ring of more restaurants.
You are the angelic voice,
Swaying on the breeze above the rest.
You are the gold medal,
Awarded to an albhed,
During the hardest times of their years,
Because this person showed more than just talent,
They also showed how determined just one person can be,
By just putting your own mind to the task,
And then you will be able to do anything, anyone throws at you.
You are the flowers in a vase,
Wafting sweet smells to a sad, lonely person,
Searching for a place where they can belong,
But not just belong as something, but as a someone,
Someone in this cold, dark world.
Another small present fell out of the note. It was a bouquet! But how it could
possibly so small, I did not know. I noticed there were just a few more lines to this poem,
and I knew that I couldn't just put this wonderful poem down. I wished to know who the
author was, but I couldn't just look past the rest of the words. I soon started reading
again, only for tears to come to my eyes. It was as if the person was telling about their
own life.
You are the crystal caverns of the heart,
Being mined to the core because of love,
But also because someone broke your heaRt,
Just to get someone else,
A someone else that was close to you,
Someone that you knew would never turn their back on you,
But yet they did,
Just to see how much it could possibly hurt you.
You are life itself and no one can change that,
You are anything you wish yourself to be.
You can do anything you want to if you put your mind to it.
You should love with all your heart,
Even if it leads to your own heart getting broken.
You should live life to its fullest,
Because if you don't,
You,
Won't,
Get,
Another,
Chance,
To,
Do,
So.
By: Sakura Hanya TalliyaI read the name of the author over and over again. My mother had been dead for
so long, it couldn't have been hers. I then started looking in the box to find another note.
Would it be another poem? I was already confused by this first one. An ode? What is an
ode? I had absolutely no clue! And all of the analogies or similes, whatever they called
them, confused my head. The poem must have had a clue in it to be so confusing. That
means I have to solve it. Lets just hope I can. I pulled the second note out. Many words
were scribbled all over the place on this. Then I noticed that it was Haiku!
Then I noticed that all the girls were looking at me strangely.
"What?"
"Are you alright Rikku?" Yuna asked me.
"Yep. Perfectly normal!"
"Normal? You were crying and talking to yourself as if none of us were here Rikku!" Lenne exclaimed.
"I…I was!"
"Yeah! Are you positive everything is alright?" Lenne asked.
"Y..Yep! I'm purely ok. I'm just gonna go take a walk through the house."
"Sure thing Rikku. We'll wait for you to come back!" Yuna exclaimed.
"Buh-Bye!"
'I hope I don't do that again! I can't let my guard slip. I shouldn't be crying, but
why would my mom write a poem like that for me to read?' I pulled the note out again
and noticed something different about it. Only certain letters in the poem were bolded.
Almost as if…. It were… a secret… code! I read all of the letters bolded aloud.
HE
L
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O
D
A
R
L
I
N
G
H
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My mom had wanted to know how I was! But how was that possible! I would
just have to figure that out!
A/N: I changed my Pen Name. I got bored of the old one. I will also start answering questions and answering reviews. I am SO sorry about the long wait, I am so happy I was finally able to get back on FF. Well, I will leave you to your reviewing. Also, I don't own Final Fantasy, but I do own that poem. I read it in front of my whole school because of how good it was. Well g2g.
