Shine! Shine!
Little Stallion, live for Love.
live for life!
Live Forever!
Shine on!
but nothing’s Forever, no…
Shine on!
(your Sister)
Shine on!
(your Daughter)
Shine on!
(your Wife)
No!
Every sun Bursts, every sparkle has its Twilight.
So Shine, Shine, Forever!
but Sun Breaks.
No, no!
Forever is a long time.
Without you.
so Shine! Shine!
Shine on, as you will.
As you can.
If you can…
Burst, Break! Brittle frame! Brain strains!
Try as you might!
Try as you might to Shine!
and the hoof lays softly, over the side of the bed…
and the words come out limp, over the side of the bed…
and the gleam drains slowly, over the side of the bed…
so Shine! if you can.
Shine! while you can.
they'll miss you, remember that.
your Shine is all they have.
Your shine is all they have.
oh wow. love love love poetry. not enough of it on here! i really like this one. weirdly enough i dont think i've read anything with a focus on the fact that all of the ponies (and dragon) most important to shining armor are going to outlive him. how heartbreaking for twi and cadance and flurry. and shining himself, too, because his family (well except his parents i guess but you expect to outlive them anyways) is going to get to spend the rest of eternity together while he is but a flicker in the early timeline of their lives.
sad stuff, but isn't it amazing for your legacy to be carried on by some of the most powerful beings in existence? this poem conveys it so well.
11834156
Thank you! :] It's reassuring to know that people are getting what I'm trying to say, ha ha.
I think about Shining Armor a fair amount (he's in a constant vie for Best Pony alongside Maud and Big Mac), so when I got around to seeing Flurry introduced it really made me think about that situation, the people closest to you all guaranteed to live beyond you. If it were me, I don't think I could take it. There's a large selfish part of me I try my hardest to keep in check, but I feel like it would break there. Shining Armor is better than me - he could make peace with it. Of anyone to live forever, why wouldn't you want it to be those you love most?