A brief explanation on this collection's title: I get to watch Naruto only on local dub, and in the earlier part of the series, Sasuke and Kakashi (they were the ones I heard the most) had this habit of snidingly calling Naruto "kulugo", which is the Filipino term for "Warts". I have originally intended to write poems centering on Naruto alone and keeping them all here, but since I get to watch Naruto again and am actually getting caught further and further into the series, meeting the other characters as though they were old acquaintances, and feeling the burst of emotions in each episode as though they were my own, I have decided to fill this space up with all the poems I can come up with while I'm currently transfixed in the wonders of this particularly awesome anime.
BLEED
Ode to Gaara
Darkness slowly closes in
and engulfs the light of innocence
a heart bleeds for a pain undefined
as a downpour of fading tears
knocks desperately upon impassive ground
The earth never heard the call
it never did care enough to listen
the sky pretends not to have seen at all
it has always shut itself from the truth
blindly letting a demon be christened
At the foot of heaven's pretentious mercy
lies a child, stricken and bound
trapped within an evil, an insatiable whim
a blood-hungry monster
tormented by a life unkind
Every pained howl, every crimson burst
bears a catalyst to the numbing soul
an essence overtaken by the beast
watching the rest of the world squirm
and bleed and die at his feet
He can hear them cry
he is wicked enough to listen
can see them all clearly
for he is merciless enough to care
he breathes upon a truth with unrelenting fervor
the world has so graciously defined his destiny
and he is only giving back the favor.
Yup, that's all for now. Thanks for reading, minna-san!
