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// Ode to Applebloom 
// Story: The Spike Poem Anthology II 
// by Zephyr Spark 
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She’s a sensitive pony who values family
She’s a leader and a friend in her ragtag crew
She’s of the earth and opposed to vanity
She’s a special pony that Applebloom.

She is not a some echo or shell of Applejack
She is a mare who has struggled and grown 
She is not a friend who turns her back
She is a mare who welcomes all to her home.

She keeps her friends together and makes them strong
She helps ponies, griffons, and dragons find their cutie mark
She pulls through even when the journey is tiresome and long
She keeps burning that youthful spark.

Applebloom is a hero of Ponyville and a friend to those who themselves don’t know 
Applebloom is a beacon of hope, whose light will stronger glow.