Requim for the Twenty Five

by SouthernCross

Chapter 1

Oh where are we going,
I’m so afraid,
By my mother’s side,
And yet so alone,

I feel the ground jump,
The walls rattle,
As this metal beast rolls along,
Taking us from our ho-ome,

Nestled between my parents,
With others trap along with us,
Twenty five in all,
Taken to a place unknown,

Set us free!
We cry,
Set us free!
Where are you taking us?

Twenty five in all,
Together and yet so alone,

Set us free!
We cry,
Set us free!
Please let us go ho-ome.

The steel beast stops,
We hear a shout,
The way out opens,
They set us free!

From our cage we run,
Foals like me and elders alike,
They set us free!
Our thoughts as we leapt from the cage.

Set us free!
We had cried,
Set us free!
The wind in my mane.

Twenty five in all,
We leapt from the threshold together,

Set us free!
We had cried,
Set us free!
Please let us go ho-ome.

They set us free,
And we screamed,
They set us free,
And we fell so far,

Why where they so cruel?
All we had wanted was our home,
But they had taken us away,
And let us free where we could not run,

Barely more then a year,
I had been a good little foal,
I never whined,
Never strayed far,

They set us free,
My eyes on my mother,
They set us free,
On the last night I’d ever see

Then I opened my eyes,
To a land so bright,
Sky so blue and grass so green,
A paradise I’d never dreamed,

My mother and father by my side,
I stood tall,
My eyes gazing all around,
Twenty Five in all,

In the paradise I’d never dreamed,

A whinny from a hill,
We all looked at the figures,
Dark and beautiful as the stars,
Bright and magnificent as the sun,

They smiled and welcomed us to our home,

They set us free,
A paradise we’d never dreamed,
They set us free,
A home to call our own.

In a land called Equestria.

Comments

[Autumn Wind]

Beautiful hommage there, SouthernCross. ^^ A musical take on http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4780/Twenty-Five, I presume?

[SouthernCross]

75956 Pretty much. Same concept, different execution. I like to think of it as your works companion/theme song.

[Autumn Wind]

75961

Sounds good to me. I'd kind of have enjoyed some acknowledgement, though. Yknow, just "Inspired by Twenty-Five" or something, that being said.

[unavailable]

You have a typo in the title there; it's "Requiem for the Twenty-Five," not "Requim."
Otherwise, I thought that this was pretty good. I'm not really a poetry writer (I stick to darker crossover stories), but this really caught my attention. 4.5/5.

[Alexander-Crossover]

Great little poem cross, so sad...

I wish I knew the bastards that did that...

[Moon_Dew]

76031

You and every other animal lover in this hell hole we're forced to call home.

[Bronzedragon]

There are Bronies in almost every country. Instead of crying about this atrocity. Do something about it.

Someone knows who these bastards, are if you live in that area keep your ears open and find them!

Then tell the police.

[Bronies new zealand divison]

weep for the loss Then get the revenge

[Rainbowfluttergummy]

I agree with every lets find em btw i great imagry cross good job

[Rainbowfluttergummy]

I agree with everypony lets find em btw i got great imagry cross good job

Sry bout postin twice but last one had some mistakes STUPID iphone

[Rainbowfluttergummy]

Umm cross i was wondering if it isnt to mich trouble but maybe you could reac my first chap its my first fic ever and i need someone good to read it it it isnt o much trouble

[SouthernCross]

136488

Sorry, didn't see this comment untill now, which fic are you talking about?

[Sandalwood]

so the message is... if we really love ponies... we should kill them all so they can go to equestria.
did i get it right?

[GeodesicDragon]

If your intention was to make me feel anything by reading this then you failed.

Don't get me wrong, what happened to those animals was horrible, but I just didn't feel anything by reading this.

(sits back and waits for the hate)

[SouthernCross]

2546875

To be honest, neither do I. It's not one of my better works and I could rewrite it a million times and not be happy with it and not have it convey the intended emotions properly.

I don't delete it as a form of honesty. I can, and do, write crap and sweep it under the proverbial rug won't make it go away. On the up side I can look back at this in the future and say 'Look how far I've come.'

Gave your comment a thumbs up by the way.

[Captain_Stallion]

I have never understood the need for cruelty