My Little Poems - Ponies with Metal

by Lectuiae

First published 15th of June, 2012

Poetic retellings set to epic heavy metal music.

These are the poems and songs from the land of harmony and peace.
Stories of beasts and monsters, tears and loss, greed and jealousy.
But also of joy, wonder and love,
Stories, where the ties we bind together can hold over despair and hate.
Stories, where a spark of friendship is the truest magic... Along with the suitably epic soundtrack, naturally.

Most of the poems have been originally published in deviantArt, now seeing their debut in FimFiction.

Cover image "Ponisas - Stand Up and Fight" by Icaron (originally commissioned by Rokas)

The Nightmare Epic

THE NIGHTMARE EPIC - PONIES AND TURISAS

PART I
Of the Mare in the Moon

Long time ago, at the ancient world
Were the sisters of Sun and Moon
Younger one guarded the bless of the night
While the Elder held Sun on its path

But as the days fell to the evenings
The ponies, they fell asleep
No pony gave attention for night
For the beauty of Moon or Stars

Princess of the Night
Set gaze to the lands below Stars
Not for calm nor the peace
But ignorance of those asleep

To her sister the Younger one spoke
Called out her grudge and despair
Elder with empathy tried to comfort:
"Be patient, you are respected."

But younger one, frustration within her
Couldn't see what sister had meant
Alone, while wept in bitterness
Darkness lurked into her heart

Princess of the Night
Set gaze to the lands below Stars
Not for calm nor the peace
But ignorance of those asleep

"What am 'I' for the world?
A pathetic watcher of dark,
A holder of inferior place?

Moon goes on its path,
Now it's full, then crescent
not that anypony sees…

Those ponies, they don't care,
Only my sister do they love.
So I'll make them acknowledge my might!"

Thus began the age of the Nightmare
Above the zenith froze the moon
No daylight for the ponies
Anymore…

Longer and longer the night held
Cold and darkness reigned
Elder one finally saw it:
For her ponies she had to fight!

"Can't you hear me, sister Moon,
Ponies won't survive without light!
Let the sun rise to walk its road
Please, listen to me, I beg you, sister mine…"

Nightmare of the Moon
No sense nor regret within
No choice for the Sun
To the Moon was Nightmare banished…

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PART II
The Faithful Student

"I've studied all my days
of magic and olden ways.
No time for friends I have,
for parties nor for games.
Princess' student I am,
very faithful in my tasks.
How would friends enrich my life
I have no such need…"

Sitting in shade, a student read her book
Of ancient times, of deeds and words bygone
Ignoring others, no time for them now
Delved into the world of words

Suddenly a name, familiar one appeared
"Elements of Harmony,' have I read of them before?"
Hurried to home, asked her assistant to help
find the book of Predictions and Prophecies…

Ancient myth revealed
Prophecy of Nightmare Moon:
Were she ever to return
Would mean eternal night.
"Quickly Spike, take a note
for the Princess must be told!"

Letter was sent by the trusted child dragon
Not long was the wait for an answer:
No agreement, but a new assignment
Away from home she would be sent

"Can't she understand?
Not too much time we have!
Thousand years has already passed
The Longest Day is at hooves.
When the stars gather,
Mare of the Moon will rise again!"

Chariots took the student and dragon
To the town of Ponyville, for their new task:
To supervise the celebrations of the Sun
And also, try to make some friends.

"Even if Princess will not believe me,
despite her mistrust, I will not stand idly by.
As I oversee the preparations of summer fest
I will also find a way to stop the prophecy!"

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PART III
The Town of Ponyville

Travel of hours at the end
Rustic town comes in sight of their eyes:
Student and her assistant
Arrive to the town of Ponyville…

It was just a simple task
Nothing hard
Oversee
Preparations
Why is evening already here?

Easy to get over the list
"I'm at the library in no time!"
Then search out for a plan
To stop the Nightmare Moon!

From the pointless encounter
Meet the Apple Clan
Swift crash
Makeovers
Shy fan of dragon boy…

"Why they keep on talking of friends?
Can't they see I'm short of time?
Silly me,
these crazy ponies,
day's worth: all distractions!"

Swiftly the day had expired
Soon starts the longest day of the year
"Still, I won't yet give it up
Maybe I now get some peace!"

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Interlude:
At the Pinkie Party

["Surprise!"]

It's a party by our cheerful host
Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie Pie!

"I made this for our new friend Twilight!"
Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie Pie!

"May there be cakes and games and songs
May streamers fly and balloons pop
May there be hot sauce in the punch!"
"What did I just drink!?"

[And the party kept going with laughs and joy,
ponies were dancing and playing games,
enjoying the beautiful night,
a prelude for the Longest Day of the Year and the Summer Sun Celebrations.
At one point could be even heard
a delightful singing of a certain child dragon...]

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PART IV
The Nightmare Rises

"She's gone!"
"She's good!"
"It is as I feared."

Sun's lost.
So soon.
A dark mare appears…

Night passed on as she feared for the dawn
The Longest Day rising, was the prophecy right?
Time is up, what to do, she has no plan
Powerless – waiting for worst!

"Stars will aid her free…"
Ponies gather for the celebration
Shadow on the moon has gone…
Curtains fall, but where's Princess…?

Above the ponyfolk a dark mare appears,
her mane like a starbelt, her eyes cold as Moon.
Gazes below, observes them, so small and helpless now
She observes, and she smiles.

"Evening dear ponies
d'you still remember your queen of night?"
Her words echo in hall:
"Farewell your Sun for you see it no more!"

"Seize her!"
"You foals!"
To the wind she leaves…

Something must be done, no time to waste
This cannot end yet, we must make our move…

No Sun…
Last light…
"Is there any clue?"

Nighttime…
Eternal…
"It was under 'E'!"

Darkest of hours, yet we're still standing
Answer lies in the book…
Clinging to hope they seek out for thought:
We may still recover Sun.

"Come now, we can't give up!
We must find the Elements of Harmony!"

Night reigns the sky while the dawn should rise
Into twilight they leave
Companions out of coincidence and chance
There's nopony else for task.

Ahead lies their path to the unknown
Through the woods of fears and myths
Only faith, and each other by their side
No knowledge of the dangers ahead
Nopony else for aid…

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PART V
Into the Woods Everfree

Darkened woods, don't wander away
Hold tight, hope for best
Treacherous pass over the cliffs
Watch your step to survive

In the shades of woods everfree
Danger lies by any tree
Beware…

Roar of beast, manticore's rage
Terrible fate to be torn as its prey
Strength nor courage won't shield from its jaws
Tame the monster by the kindness of shy

Before their path a seething river
Mad in the woe of loss.
To pass the rapids somepony must dry
The stream serpent's tears…

Grins in dark, grins of the ghouls
They were surrounded by phantom woods
"Win the fear by a cheerful laugh
Don't let horror get hold of your heart."

Time for final temptation…
Offer of might and fame…

"It's either us or them."
"Give up them, I'd suggest."
"My soul is not for trade
at the price of my friends."

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FINAL PART
The Magic of Friendship

a) A Castle in Nightfall

Dangerous forest they left behind
Across the gorge led the bridge
Tired, yet determined to move on:
The end of their journey is near

Through the forest ever free
Through deception and beasts
Final challenge lies ahead:
Bygone castle of Sun and Moon

Ruins in nightfall
Stand in horizon
"Our time is running out,
Wish we are not too late."
Onwards…

"Ignited by a Spark
Sixth element appears."
So was told…

Elements of Harmony
Gems from infinity
Forgotten in history
Hidden through centuries
Holding might transcendental
Artifacts of ancient force:
Power of Harmony…

b) The Confrontation

In the Hall of the Sisters the stones lay in rest
Five of them, the sixth one just left.
Friends give her space, for this spell complex is.
She needs peace to focus on task:

"Come forth, final element,
your sisters, here they are.
For you I call the spark,
in your powers lies our hope…"

Disrupted sorcery
Ponynapped by witchery
Onto the throne
The Nightmare Moon appears:
"You've lost."

Within a blink of her eyes
Shards lost their inner lights
Last hope was gone…

"Elements of Harmony
By my hooves they shatter now!
Even after all you've tried,
your pathetic trust and faith
only ended to see my fame!
Sun gone, day gone, your princess all gone…"

From the outer tower
Lights in the dark
A sign for the worrying friends:
Hurry to the tower
She's all alone
She needs her friends for aid…

c) Rainbow of Light, of Harmony, of Friends

Shattered are the pieces of the ancient stone
Within them their power, it seems …
But the voices of companions encourage her to see:
Not broken: hidden…

"You're wrong, Nightmare Moon
the Elements, here they are.
Within our friendship they lie
no force can break them apart."

Kindness, Honesty,
Laughter, Loyalty,
Generosity,
And the last one by a spark:
Magic and Love

Elements of Harmony
Power of Friendship
Their forces combined
Over despair they rise
Over might of the Dark

Rainbow of Light
Called forth by Friendship's might
The Nightmare's last reign into dust shall fall

"My friends,
Dear friends,
Through our hearts, sun will dawn…"

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

Bathing in prismatic light
Awaking free at last
Able to move on my own, I'm back in control

Only blurred memories left
Glimpses of the past
In my dreams I still walk the surface of Moon

I saw my home
From where I stood
What once was my home
From my thousand-year room
Isolated on the Moon
Locked within the abyss of time…

A voice echoed in my mind
A shadow reflecting life
Resentful thoughts enslaved my soul, my heart

How did it wish to break free
Torment the world once seen
How did I wish it to leave my soul, my heart

Long years alone
Friendless and cold
Alone with my thoughts
One tormenting soul
While my spirit roamed the Moon
Locked within the abyss of time…

So warm it feels to walk on earth
So much it heals to see living world
So much it calms to meet loved ones
So comforting it's to hear those words:
"Welcome home."

Free to return to land
But home is left behind
My yesterday's gone, olden history

Is this my home
It's all unknown
Everything is changed
None left of my own
Everything I knew and loved
Lost in the abyss of time…

Through my banishment's centuries
Gone the world of my memories
From the past I must step forward
Will I learn to love my new home…

Author's Notes:

The separate "ending" to the Nightmare Epic.
Ayreon is a progresssive rock opera project by a Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen. While not probably metal in its most technical aspect, I regret nothing. "My House on Mars" is way too cool song not to be used for Luna.

This poem can also be found on dA here.

Marked Ones Drown (Lunaverse)

MARKED ONES DROWN

Followed her to the town below moonlight
Through the maze of shades to the heart of forest
In the night we dance, enjoying the endless feast
Yet can you hear
How the past keeps haunting us for our sins…

Have you seen those ruins, where the plague took place
“My child –” She’s hexed, marked by a black curse
“Her mark –” An impure sign of a plague
Rid of her, it will spread as we speak!

“Little one drowns, she will drown, drown, deeper down
the river wild will purify your cursed child.
Little one drowns, she will drown, drown, deeper down
the waters take her away with her cursed mark.
Marked ones drown, they will drown, drown, deeper down
the river wild will caress their impure souls.
Marked ones drown, they must drown, drown, deeper down
in the deeps they can rot with their cursed marks.
Marked ones drown, they must all drown, deeper down
with their marks gone our town’s safe once more.”

You’re still here, newcomer, innocent child?
If the evening ends, you can’t escape
Run away before you’re trapped inside
Leave us be
We deserve to be punished for the sins we did…

“Aren’t you satisfied in our paradise town?
Why not join us, kelpies’ eternal feast?”
“Why should I…” “Either that or take my baptism,
and I will wash out the disease!”

My way is just and righteous
the way to keep our town at bliss
I am the ruling guardian
I shepherd my kin, without me they’re lost

“I was once drowned; I rot now on the bottom ground
the river flows over my bare bones.
I am cursed one, for them I now forever roam
no one sees me, the product of their lost cause.”

His silvery words won’t ease my guilt:
My child lies down the stream, forever there she rests…

“Marked ones drown; they must all drown deeper down,
in the deeps they can rot with their cursed marks.
She knows too much, she must drown, drown, deeper down,
with her gone my town’s safe once more.”

Author's Notes:

I got inspired to write this quick piece when listening Ghost River's disturbingly fitting chorus while reading a Lunaverse fan fic "Dinky and the Blanks". Thus this one's actually my first poem not based on any FiM episode, but on a fanfiction.
For those familiar with the fic: Anette is Mitta, Marco is Grey Hoof, the choir is Ruby and Dinky has a one-line cameo.

Solitude Feast

Solitude Feast

Balloons, streamers,
Pastries left marred
Candlelit the night
For a party of lone reject

Her treats denied
Dismissed behind her back
They left her out
Upset she lies, caters the fest
In solitude
Abandoned she feasts

Once friends
They liked her, enjoyed her games and plays
Like leper now
Those backstabbers, liars,
Cowards, avoid her…

Alone you're left…
alone you're left… alone you're left…
alone you're left… alone you're left…
"Why won't they care… without my friends… I've nothing left…"
…Alone you're left… you empty soul… alone you're left… you worthless soul…

Abandonment
To fill the emptiness
She feigns the pain inside
Aching heart caters the fest
With puppet plays
Abandoned she feasts

Now castaway escapes
Within her mind, away from world she hides
Hollow sacks
Objects keep her company
Inanimate
Feast in solitude

Alone you're left… you empty soul… you worthless soul…
Alone you're left… you empty soul… you've nothing left.

Author's Notes:

Party of One. With gothic metal band Tristania.

The Discordant Tale I

THE DISCORDANT TALE

PROLOGUE:
The Discordant Age

Welcome to the lost time
Surreal like a dreamland
Ponies, once free
Only slaves toyed by a mischievous beast

Born as a mockery
Distorted mirror of harmony
"Where's the fun in making any sense?"
Senseless disharmony grows as He plays,
And they listen,
The discordant notes…

"I have a vision of this world
and those little ponies:
Their precious home
bent by my will, wronged and broken…"

Play with their minds
Rewrite laws of their lives repeatedly
"Like puppets they dance in my hands."
Their world upside down
Their joy turned into insanity
"My desire's the law."

"Wherever I roam
Will decay take its place,
pandemic spread over the land."

Lord of asylum
Infecting the wounds of fellowship
"Chaos lives within us all."
Senseless disharmony grows as He plays
And they listen
The discordant notes…

Chaotic wasteland
Where their homes once stood in blissful peace
"See how my visions come true.
No plead nor misery can affect me
to change my ways, what I aspire for…"

"Under my will, Chaosrealm…"

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PART I
The Seeds are Sown

Twelve months since threat of eternal night
Ponies have settled back in peace
But fate lets no tranquil days to be
The unexpected turn for worse…

Seeds are sown by children
Innocence sets evil free
Small cracks in a statue
Gateway for a waking beast

Another foe from forgotten times
Ahead of His lead the plagues arrive

Signs of upcoming storm…
Deformities in nature's work
Wind brings warped rain…
Controlled by force beyond this world

Neither skill nor magic
Could keep first symptoms on hold
Find a way to solve this puzzle
Buy us time to fix things out

Alarming word from the princess Sun
No time for waste, she needs our aid

Signs of upcoming storm…
Deformities in nature's work
Wind brings warped rain…
Controlled by force beyond this world…

Signs of upcoming storm…
Under the wild rain we head forth
Plagues from unknown source…
Seek the answers for ill omens

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PART II
A Myth Alive

a) Of Times Long Gone

Castle halls, in dusk and silence
Six friends arrive for Princess' call
Hear the answer for mystery

Stained glass tells the ancient myth

Tell of the era of Discord
Times of endless misery
Oppression under chaos' reign
Brought down by the power of Harmony

Thus found, the olden power
Spark from the dawn of times
Wielded by the sisters of sky

Sun and Moon, they found the Elements of Light
But now other ponies carry the infinite might

"You once fought the great foe:
Elements' power is within you.
Fate and task has passed on from me,
I can't wield their strength with me anymore…"

Locked deep in the safe of castle
Six gems from infinity
"Fear not, I have utmost faith in you.
Be brave, you will vanquish Discord with these!"

b) Panic

Gone they were, stolen Elements of Harmony
From the vaults of greatest spells

"It can't be, power to open the seals and locks
senseless to imagine…"
Discord's work, picture alive on a painted glass
Trickster finally appears

"You'll find them, if you agree to play on my rules,
round of gamble as I will."
Hints and clues, riddle entangled around twists and turns
Deduction leads to labyrinth…

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PART III
Enter the Labyrinth

a) Entrance

Once you join the gamble of Discord
You'll follow His rules
No magic, wings or tricks
Everypony's in

Alone and apart
head for center
Make your way
through the labyrinth paths

Can you keep your head together?
Can you trust your friends?
Will you make your move…?

b) Downfall

Hear…
Illusive shades
…what we say… to you
Corruption

Betray…
They don't need you…
Leave them behind…
…nor you them…

Hate…
…You can hear them laugh at your suffering
Take what's yours…
…Give in to what your self-hood yearns
Loathe…
…Why care of those who despise you
Lie your way through…
…Rather masks than ruthless truth

c) Endgame

Corruption's poisonous touch
Corrosion of your frail heart
Throw away what you once were
Into the abyss of mind
Goodbye…

I am the one with strings
As I will
Are the rules
You lost at my game
Expect the storm winds bring
Pandemonium

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PART IV
Disharmony

a) Keep moving, even with crippled legs

Nothing but trail of colored light
Left behind her departure
Labyrinth walls around them fall as game concludes

Arguments start between lost ones
At the shade of bitter failure
Above dismay He watches them, laughs at despair

Was it in vain…
Was labyrinth
Just all futile and misled?

Rethink the words, go through the clues
Pass through the webs of false steps
"You will find the elements where it all began…"

They're heading back, towards their home
Through the ever-growing chaos
But twisted storm already has
Left them its marks…

What's going on…?
What's wrong with you?
What's happening…?
You're not the friends
I used to know, whom I loved…

Bitter quarrel starts
As friends begin to fight
Who were close – now hate each other
Who were kind – now hurt each other
No…
Discordant corruption tears their link apart
Gnawing at the wounds inflicted
Old companions drift away
A rift forged in disharmony

b) (Dis)Unity

I will not let this go to waste
We've gone this far already
We will see this till the end
At any cost

Four necklaces, crown to lead them
We have a foe to deal with
Even if one of us has left
It'll work somehow…

It matters not…
Can't matter now.
We deal with this
Then our friendship's free
To fade in ashes…

Even separated
We bring our force in one
World will not be lost in chaos
Not if we can still bring Him down
No…
Discordant corruption tears their link apart
Gnawing at the wounds inflicted
Old companions drift away
A rift forged in disharmony

c) Encounter

"So, it's come to this;
I will give you one try.
Try, try as you like.
Amusing to see
your fall and distress."

"I've had enough,
It's been too much,
Do us a favor, be gone of this life!"

d) Betrayal

We all knew they live
Within our hearts
Witnessed at the hour of despair
Proven by the friendly acts
No…
We had seen it work before, did we?
It had once vanquished the darkness
It was true, so why not now…?

Faith and belief broken
By grim realities:
Once betrayed the Elements' trust
Nevermore a bond within them
No…
Discordant corruption tears their link apart
Gnawing at the wounds inflicted
Old companions drift away
A rift forged in disharmony

"This cannot be…"

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PART V
Discord's Rule

a) Depravity

Useless were the pieces of fellowship
Powerless their inner lights fade away
No rainbow of light, no end for more malice

Smug applause for the humiliated
Mocking cheer at broken companions
Depraved shadows of elements they once wore
"I have won…"

Kindness cruel, honest liars
Generosity blind in greed
Laughter's died, gone are [the] loyals
Precious friendship twisted in Discord's rule

See the world around you writhe in its pain
As it's born afresh in anomaly
A grotesque paradox – golden rule of the new land

Ponies' minds deform at His desire
Gangrenous reflections of their selves
Mindless fodder now, puppetry for His plays
"You see it now…"

Kindness cruel, honest liars
Generosity blind in greed
Laughter's died, gone are [the] loyals
Precious friendship twisted in Discord's rule

Witness birth of discordant world
See it rise again
Reborn phantasmagoria
Surreal chaosrealm…

b) In Ruins Lie the Fates of Friends

Final straw – separation
End words for the crippled bond
"I hate you!" "I'm leaving."
"I have better friends than you'll ever be."

Disgusting, can't believe it
Break up like they'd never cared
"Sure, turn tail, see if I care
Who needs enemies… with such… friends…?"

"I can't believe this:
All I've trusted in – wiped away.
How can I take this?
Their final words struck me to heart…"

"Why such tearful eyes?
You have just seen the world's true faces:
Bare cruelty within its core…"

c) Ravage

Sick carnival may now begin
Old orders are gone
Friendship's fallen with harmony
It's time for Discord's rule…

Time to tear this dull world apart
Break its boundaries
Sense and balance rot at His feet
It's time for Discord's rule…

[To be continued]

Author's Notes:

Oh dear, a sequel epic. Will be submitted in two parts, just because.

Unlike The Nightmare Epic, The Discordant Tale was based on a variety of songs from different bands to create a listening experience that differs from its predecessor. It's also, debatably, more inconsistent and narmful in a true sequel nature.
Conclusion tomorrow.

Songs for each poem, in case the links won't work:
Prologue: Kamelot “March of Mephisto”
1. Kamelot “Black Halo”
2. Therion “Deggial”
3. Tristania “The Gate”
4. Epica “Storm the Sorrow”
5. Symphony X “Reign in Madness”

The Discordant Tale II

THE DISCORDANT TALE II - THE REFORMATION TRILOGY

PART VI
Letters Tell a Tale (Prelude to Reformation)

a) Isolation

Lies, it's all been lies, all my friends abandoned me
Life, my false life, nothing more but cruel travesty

Their hearts revealed before my eyes
Bitter, deceiving hate

"Everything I knew – shattered in my eyes
By my friends' turned backs, by heart-breaking acts
The town I once knew turned into a nightmare land
This is not what I used to call my home..."

Sorrow and despair weigh her down with remorseless chains
Harsh as iron cold, anguish' crippling hold
"I just want to leave it all behind, forget it all
seek solace from oblivion…"

Throw it all behind, tokens of dead ideals
Seek safe haven from the bliss of solitude
"Spike, pack your things, we're leaving all of this behind us.
We'll find new home somewhere where it doesn't hurt…"

Their hearts revealed before my eyes
Bitter, deceiving hate…

b) Letters

Poke of final companion awakes her from despair
"What is going on, is there something wrong?"
"Can you see the pile of letters, all awaiting you…"
"All the letters I've sent to Princess…"

The letters carry tales and memories of six close friends
All hard times they've faced, all the good they've shared
Of the link of friendship forged in warmth of heartfelt fire
No force can take it away…

Letters tell a tale…
"Of the friends I have
all hard times we've faced, all the good we've shared…"
How could I forget…?
"All the together-seen times
memories shared in a heartfelt bond…"

Letters tell a tale…
"Of lessons in life
of the adventures, all the laughs and cries…"
I remember now…
"Struggles we've gone through, withstood
with our friendship unbreakable…"

c) Determination

I see it…
Nothing's lost forever, I can see it now
I still have a chance to bring them all back
Remember when I said that fate wouldn't depend on friends?
I was wrong, it was never true

The link that brought us once together is what makes us strong
Founded on friendship, built on harmony
Connection of friends that Discord's trying to tear apart
I must fight to bring them back

d) Letters (Reprise)

The letters carry tales and memories of six close friends
All hard times they've faced, all the good they've shared
Of the link of friendship forged in warmth of heartfelt fire
There is still hope to bring them back.

The letters carry tales and memories of six close friends
All hard times they've faced, all the good they've shared
Of the link of friendship forged in warmth of heartfelt fire
Nothing can just take it away…

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PART VII
Reformation

The Wasteland

"You see the world around you
scream in wicked deforms and dismay.
Behold everything played around
at the pulls of His strings…

Where once was your home, lies a wasteland
of binds torn apart, of distorted views.
All familiar faces are but
shades of their old selves.
And your friends are under corruption as well."

"But once blinders all fall down, it's time to strike…"

I walk through the desolate place, once a town
Turned into an obscure set for ill travesties
I know it now, Discord's curse turning world off its rails
Now I know how to fight it back

Deceit

There she is, the first of fallen souls
A once honest by heart
Hiding now behind lies
Along her the whole family
Twisted under discordant rule
Empty shells of their old selves

"Snap out of the curse, I know that you're not liar!
We take back what was lost, we will reform the balance…"

Restore their minds
Cure apathy
Memories brought from shadows
Remember old times, what we used to be in our hearts…

Cruelty

Once soft-spoken, now she spits on my face
This isn't what you are, a cruel abuser of souls
Rekindle the light of the kindest heart known:
"What's going on here, I had the worst of dreams…"

Greed

Never did she demand for a price
If her friends needed aid
Willing to sacrifice everything it takes
Struck in painful irony she's cradling a boulder in her hooves:
Blinded by greed, she sees riches in clay

"Snap out of the curse, show us your warm heart
We take back what was lost, we cure all the madness…"

Hate

Memory of her joyous smile
Beacon of shining light that now has faded
Delusions stained her smile, embittered innocence
Dwell on grudge and rancor

Don't let hate to burn your cheerful soul
Bring smiles and joy for those in despair
Those were your own words, remember?
"Face your fears with a laugh."

Mistrust

Five ponies as one, only sixth one's gone
Without her we can't bring the Elements back
She gave up and turned tail, where she could be
All our hopes may be crumbles just as well…

On the clouds above warped town
She's whiling away alone
Most loyal of us could not care less:
"It's your problem, I'm done with you."
"So you say…"

Chase through the sky, over the wicked land

[instrumental]

One of Us

At last captured, bound to the ground
Can't fly away, will you hear us now
"Listen to me,
You were once our friend, never betraying us…"

Take back what was once lost

Memories restored, finally together
But world around us still needs aid
We still have work to do.
But we can fix ill deeds:
We stand again united for our friendship's cause…

-----

FINAL PART
Reformation II

a) Countdown

It's all ready now:
Purification starts…

Curtains fallen
Masks of corruption turned away
Our souls once wronged
Our minds distorted
Reborn as new
Reformed in need
Clock is ticking – go!
We must move
Face our foe

We have once survived
The discordant mindgame
Can't bet for another chance

The world is dying
All sense is fading
Harmony shatters around us

Through the grey-turned eyes
We saw misery rise
All ties separated
Mother won't see her child
Ponies' souls imprisoned
Locked up with iron chains
Can you hear them plead in anguish:
"Let me out!"

Into heart of the storm
We step ahead
Havoc's spreading
– We stand our ground

Counterstrike
Reformation
We stand together
Fight for the future

Justice
Reformation
Our time is running
Must keep on fighting

Clock is ticking
Madness spreading
Havoc's reeking
Time is running out…

b) The Eye of the Vortex

Together now
Courageous, determined
Apocalypse grows
The deeper we go

Be nervous but don't uncertain
Elements are with us this time
Don't give up on final leap now
If you want to see tomorrow

Heal the World
Stop the pandemonium
Save ponies from the edge of madness
We heal the World…

His throne set in eye of the storm
Land around it already devoid of forms
Nothing stays true
In the abyss of chaos…

c) Friendship is Worth Fighting For

Fed up, He snorts:
"You still keep on with that?
That last time didn't teach you one bit?
Don't lie, don't try
to play tricks on me."

"Didn't I make you what you truly are?
Just mockeries,
Puppets in my hands!
Don't toy with me,
Why won't you give in to my triumph!"

"You here don't understand.
You are blinded by hate,
in your narrow grudge you cannot see."

"We've had it hard and
We almost gave in.
At the edge we nearly fell,
But we pulled through."

While it's not easy,
It's not in vain:
Despite the hardships
It's still worth fighting for

Heal the World
Bring forth Elements infinite
Carry on task we nearly gave up
Start Reformation:

Come forth, Rainbow of Light
What once was broken
Can still be restored
Set things right, Rainbow of Light
Bring cure for twisted
Give peace for madness

We will hold onto our friendship:
Together till we die.

Our light brings your final judgment:
Sealed into the stone.

Author's Notes:

The other half of The Discordant Tale: The Reformation Trilogy. Some emo stuff, some epicness, some ham, all the good stuff.

The songs this time, in case the links won't work:
Nightwish “Rest Calm”
Sonata Arctica “Deathaura”
Blind Guardian “Wheel of Time”

Dead Memories

Dead Memories

"You've got to get into the spirit…
For this is your home."
"Not anymore…"

Memories of friends, memories of home
Blissful life with all my loved ones
Those heartfelt moments, good times we once shared
Turned out but dead travesty

Where were my dear friends
Where was all harmony
Everything I saw only betrayed my trust
They spit on my friendship, kicked dust on our bond
Only wish to leave it now behind…

Painful is weight of abandonment
Too much to handle ever again
Nevermore be hurt by so-called friends
Nevermore let them break broken heart

Library lights, silhouette of old home
Now twisted emblem within a new nightmare land
Prepare for leaving, seek for a haven…
Glimpse of letters waiting for you

Letters from the times now gone
Stories of friendship, lessons of life
From the adventures we once had
Letters tell their tales, hear what they say…

"Real friends don't care
what you are on the outside.
It is a wondrous thing, a power of friendship,
forged in a heartfelt bond.
Like the path cut through the orchard,
there will always be a way through.
Whenever alone, remember this, for ease and solace:
Everypony has a special link with her friends.
Maybe even before she's met them."

"The best thing to do is stay true to yourself.
Be honest, be loyal.
Accept flaws and mistakes from those you care of.
Whom you love.
Be kind, help those in need.
Nothing stays forever, but it doesn't fade the truth
that being loved even once is worth everything it takes."

A remembrance…
I see it now…
What almost lost…
Bring it back.

"Nothing can take away the ties we bind together.
Fight for it."

Epiphany.
Determination.
Restoration.
Reformation.

Author's Notes:

An extra part of The Discordant Tale, "Dead Memories" is an alternative version of part VI, "Letters Tell a Tale". Inspired by Nightwish's "Dead Boy's Poem", adapting the princess' letters into the dead boy segment.
Some parts of the letter segment are quoted straight from the episode.

The Cutie Mark Poems

THE CUTIE MARK POEMS – PONIES AND AMORPHIS

Under the Clouds a New World

All my life I had been weak on my wings
Helpless fly, unable to hold my own
All my life I had feared falling off the clouds
Scared I fell into world below my own

Ne'er before
Had I seen the green world
Boundless beauty it offered
Under sun
I saw wonders born of earth
Miracles of nature's work

On the ground I had been once scared to see
Thrived the world full of colors, light and life
All my life I had been weak on my wings
On the ground I am not afraid to fall

On the sky
Vaults of heaven gave me
Wings to fly above the clouds
Under sun
Woodland creatures guided me
Breathe the air of living earth (the green world…)

Through the woods tranquil
I heard fauna's songs
Gentle wind told me stories of the land
Smiling I answered, understood their words
Learned to love the life on ground
Below heaven…

Under clouds
A new world opened to me
World so rich and beautiful
Under sun
I saw wonders born of earth
Miracles of nature's work

Ne'er before
Had I seen the green world
Boundless beauty it offered
Nevermore
I would fear soaring in skies:
World below me is my friend

A Spell Guided Her Quest

My heart in learning of arts
To be costumer of lives
An artisan graceful
Needles and threads my swords and shields
My armors made of the finest silks

I had a talent to craft
An eye to match
With a young ambition:
Make dresses of princess' worth
Sew suits fit for a prince

But still my skills were lacking
The final touch to fulfill my art…

In evening's dim it flickered:
Spell evoked from the heart
With magic's guide I started
The journey to the unknown

"Come rain or snow or choking drought
I won't turn away!
I'm on my way to find out
My destiny's call, what I yearn for…"

Followed the path for my fate
For what lies beyond the far horizon
My spell led me across the land
Through forests, rivers and hills

Came night, faded daylight
But magic sign still showing forward
Neither hunger nor thirst held me
Not all the dirt in the world

With sunset I kept on moving
With sunrise already on the road…

In evening's dim it had flickered:
Spell evoked from the heart
With magic's guide I had started
The journey to the unknown

"Come rain or snow or choking drought
I won't turn away!
I'm on my way to find out
My destiny's call, what I yearn for…"

At the mountain range my spell finally fades
I'm at the quest's end, what was to find:

This the fate I searched?
Rock atop the hill?
Spell had led me onto the brink of worthless stone?

Sudden, a flash of colored light tore the core of stone apart.
The bowels of earth offered her their hearts, precious gems…

No Place Like Home

Glass of finest wine
Gathering of the highest ranks
Outside the window glass
I see world raining gray

I wished to find place where I belong
Seek exciting life outside my old world
Yearned new faces, difference
Away from my roots in backward lands

To make a new life of my own (But…)

Is my home really in a world of social norms
When I still feel alone
Who am I to live in a world that adores class
When I don't feel alive

Suffocate in manners
Lost in maze of social standings
No view of horizon
In skyscrapers' shallow woods

I wished to find place where I belong
New exciting life outside my old world
All I found was world of masks
And myself hiding in puppet's clothes

Like doll I gaze through the glass (Then…)

Rain has ceased with purest rainbow ever seen
It marks the sky with a sign
Show me the path, where I can find my happiness
Where I can find my home

Follow the Trail of Rainbow Mane

I was born to ride the heavens
Feel the wind through my mane, within my wings
Blinding sun, deafening gale rushing in ears
Love for the sky, for the flight still guides my heart

Bright sun against the cloudless sky…
Excitement of the flight
Breathe air ten thousand hooves off ground…
Feel truly alive

Unafraid to learn the newest tricks
The ways above the clouds
Unafraid of risks within my deeds
I will just rise again…

Ruthless fouls
Bullying the weakest
"You hurt my friends,
I'll make you regret your words."

Demanding them to make amends
Standing by my friend's side
Gather in line to start the race
Challenge accepted

Skyline's clouds our goal in horizon
Through the practice course
For my friends' sake I'd take any risk
Protect them with my wings

Dashing the course with speed of sound
Fastest ride of my life
Above the clouds wonder was born:
A Sonic Rainboom…

Sphere of colors shines over the folk
Competes with the sun
Arc of light follows the winner's flight
A trail after her mane…

…Through sky she rides
Her greatest flight
Fastest alive
Through barrier strikes…

In the race I earned my greatest prize
Token of skill, speed and power
Across skies
I paint my mark, my rainbow trail…

Awakened the Spark of Magic

I: The Gifted Child

Bedroom secured by wisdom
Book piles be my fortress
Candle lighting through the nights

I studied the ways of magic
Learned of the old knowledge and lore
Gathered my knowing of spells
and stories with the days gone by

Ever since seeing Her raise the Sun
I've had the thirst for learning more
Achieve my tasks, fulfill my dreams
Study under the greatest one…

Days turned evenings as time flies
Taken in the endless books
Thousandfold of words in my mind

At last the day had arrived:
Prepared the best I could achieve
I walked the stairs to the tower
Under the shadow of royal Sun

Enter the test, my gifted child
Show them the skills you withhold
If you're the one I've searched for
Try hatch the egg of old beast…

II: The Spark

Trying, desperate, all of her tricks
Casting a spell after 'nother
Final tries went nigh in vain
Before the wave, the tremor…

Gathered force in prismatic light
From her depths the power grew
Echoes under the skin
Shining beyond the borders

Transforming matter at whim
Bending the ground of existence
Awakened power in a spark

Be brave, for I see it now
The talent you hold, my gifted child
Awoken has the oldest magic:
The spark of your heart.

Learning to Smile

I was a child of stones
A daughter of the rock farmers
No joy was known there
But gloom and endless working

Under the hot, blazing sun
The barren fields, all without green
Granites were our flowers
Our grass made of sand and gravel

I breathed the choking air on the wordless world
I walked on soil bare of seeds…

In a poor family among rocks
A child was born with a bright mane
Pink coat in colorless home
Such a punchline in a grey world

Gathered rocks in silence
Aching hooves our pay for a hard work
Dust on my eyes and throat
I dreamed of world out of my life

I breathed the choking air on the wordless world
I walked on soil bare of seeds
Throughout the days I gazed repressed at hollow skies
A solace for indifference…

The tremor passed over our farm
In colors of rainbow light
Broke through the woods and mountains
Shaking me to the core

The spectrum of light piercing my heart
Woke me to see beauty in life
Encouraging me to shine
Open my heart and smile

Passing the wave I shared my smile
I kindled my first delight
A party to lighten our home
Comfort in hard working days

With spectrum of light I found my path
I learned to smile, sow seeds of joy
To evoke fun in laughless lives
To color the world of stone… with smiles

"Have I told you before how I got my cutie mark…?"

Hearth's Warming Songs

Hearth's Warming Songs

Witness the Dance of Windigoes

Breathe the frost, conflicts voice
Echoes carried by the storm
Cornered in despair, fled the starvation
Winter seals your fate

Blizzard howls for their arrival
Through the wind fly the heralds of icy death
Spirits of misery within the cold
Ravenous for the hateful minds

Beasts gather over the sky
First they freeze your heart, then eat you alive
Beasts have begun their dance
It's too late for guilt when they rip you apart

Hunters of darkest hearts
Nourished by the scent of dissension
In search for chaotic souls
See how windigoes dance
Gathering for feast of conflicting dreams
Witness them arrive for prey

Coming with the presence of storm
Turn all thoughts to crimson dark
Dispute incites the predators
Hopeless to hide, they smell where you are

Frozen blood on the snow
Beasts fight over the savory feast
Blizzard wind cuts final screams
Devour bone and flesh and shadows of mind

Hunters of darkest hearts
Nourished by the scent of dissension
In search for chaotic souls
See how windigoes dance
Gather to the feast of conflicting dreams
Witness them arrive for prey

Shivers down my spine, marrow-piercing cold
Fate of a game – grave on a snow
Forsaken under the discordant storm
Freeze tears off my skin, my life

Am I going to die, I don't want to die
Is it already too late to repent
I don't feel my hooves, my heart, my mind
Freeze rips the tears of pain off my eyes

Painted the frost-bitten realm
With crimson streams from forlorn prey
Feast devoured down to the core
Blizzard of spirits' storm
Built the icy grave for carrion souls
Remnants from the windigoes' dance

Hearth-Warming Hearts

Sundown's final warming light
Eve of colder winter night
Ahead of the frost evade the storm
Seek shelter under strained bonds

Bicker within
Wind's howl outside
Spirits gather around as old ties fall apart…

Once we had a haven of peace
We all had homes where live in bliss
Now all in ruins of selfish deeds
Drowned in the sea of hostile feels

Shelter torn by narrow minds
Bitter words, offending lines
Dispute's voice, the discordant tone
All wondrous notes for the discord's song

Spite frozen still
Spirits' howl outside
Their winds bring deadly frost
Find solace in embrace of strangers

Seek redemption for heart
Evoke the spark of hearth-warming light
Amend discordant deeds with the tears of love

Link healed in tears
Turns frost away
A bond tied in fire of friends warms our hearts

Sunrise lights the winter morn
Faded frost of dispute's storm
New bonds by heart forever be:
We're friends together 'til the end

Author's Notes:

"Hearth-Warming Hearts" was originally a contest poem I wrote for MLP-Literature in deviantArt. Based on Nightwish' rendition of "A Heart Asks Pleasure First", by Michael Nyman.

Witness the Dance of Windigoes is something I wrote for fun with my big brother, who loves black metal. Based on Trais of Tears' "Feverish Alliance".

Some Ponies with Turisas

The Oath of the Equestrian Guard

The sun lit over the skyline,
A sign for the ending watch
Stationed firm on the mountain,
On the castle of the Harmony's realm.

Along the sunrise, beginning the next shift
I take my place on wall
As we watch for the Canterlot mountain,
As we're the Equestrian Guard…

Guards of glory and of might,
Bound to serve through day and night,
Sworn to protect the ponykind,
Under grace of the Sun and the Moon.

From the farthest corners of kingdom
Arrived the newest ranks.
Born from the lines both high and low,
Gathered here with one common purpose.

Stronger than magic our bonds stick together,
Vigilant we watch the sky,
Hooves firm on the earth that supports us,
We guard the Equestrian Land.

Guards of glory and of might,
Bound to serve through day and night,
Proudly rise to give your oath
To the grace of the Sun and the Moon:

"On this day we give ourselves
under the service of the Royal Sisters, Silvery Moon and Golden Sun.
The Guard of the Equestrian soil, we are the shield that protects the innocent.
Were it at War or at Peace, we won't step aside from the Harmony's path…"

Guards of glory and of might,
Bound to serve through day and night,
Sworn to protect the ponykind,
Under grace of the Sun and the Moon…

The Great and Powerful

Last of the fireworks explodes in the sky
Stage is silent after the show, a success once again
Fans' approval still echoes here, the most wondrous of sounds
Left astonished of my skills, as if there ever was any doubt

Soon I will leave this town for my next stop:
Everypony should have the chance to see my fame

Behold!
Behold peasants, for your mistress is here
Cheer me! Praise me!
The Master of Mages, the greatest of all
Applause, worship!

No point to challenge, whatever you try
All you do I can do better…
There is no shame to bow 'fore my might
One day the whole world will know the Great and Powerful!

I've seen the horrors of Everfree, kept my courageous heart
Stood up against the wildest beasts, and walked away alive
No mage has overpowered me, but given me their respect
Come forth, no need to be shy now, I'll let you to kiss my hooves

And as you've honored with my presence
Be known, you shall see show like never before…

Behold peasants, for your mistress is here
Cheer me! Praise me!
The Master of Mages, the greatest of all
Applause, worship!

No point to challenge, whatever you try
All you do I can do better…
There is no shame to bow 'fore my might
One day the whole world will know the Great and Powerful!

Author's Notes:

The two were some random projects I came up with after writing The Nightmare Epic back in January. "The Great and Powerful" was the first poem I wrote after it, inspired by some EQD's random topic about villain songs. I wrote and submitted it to dA in one burst of inspiration, in 45 minutes.
"The Oath of the Equestrian Guard", on the other hand, turned out to be more difficult piece, taking almost six months to finish due to my other projects and poems (especially The Discordant Tale) pushing before it. It's probably my most "accurately" ponified song, unlike most of my poems that have next to nothing to do with the songs I use.

Shouldn't be too difficult guess the subjects.

Song of the Star-Swirl

Song of the Star-Swirl

In principio mundus inquietus erat
Vis magica liber sine magistro volabat

Woken the world from the primordial sleep
Woken the force from the abyssal keeps
Dancing waves of magic over the world
Lawless force obeying no mortal soul

In olden times, times of the tribes
His gaze turned to the stars:
Apprentice for the guides of sky
Gave new names to the laws

O pastor equinorum
Scientia magi caela aperit

Star-Swirl of the shrouded past
Learned the meaning of might
Bending force under his mind
Rewrote the magic's laws

Within a toll of the small bells
He created the formulae
Unveiled the primordial secrets
Crafted order into chaos

Founded the school to the magic
Of unicorn laws
Of mortal kin's fate
To shape their own path
For their care the world
For their care the never-ending course of the Moon and Sun

Nowadays his world
Entangled in myths
In history's mist
And shrouded in tales
Forgotten in time
Yet the Star-Swirl's heritage
Lives on in the marks and spells of those who followed his magical ways

Legacy for the generations after:
Greatest sorcerer once alive
Until the last of the line
Until the seed of the spark…

Where I Plant My Heartseeds

Where I Plant My Heartseeds

Rooster's welcome, untuned sunrise song…
Wakeup call for the farmin' toil…

Morning breeze greets the early wakin' folk,
Eat a strong breakfast; we're out all day long.

Smell the air fresh with leaves and apple scent,
Walk on path carved on the verdant fields.

Apple orchards waiting for their chores
Red fruits' sea, harvesting ripe.

This is where my heart and soul belong,
This is the place that I can call my home:

'Twas this land my gramps ploughed through, where my ma and pa lived too.
Where my line planted their apple seeds, where I now grow their trees.
In this soil I have my roots; here I can rest up my hooves.
Here I tend my seedlings' fruit… here my heartseeds grow and bloom.

Old friends, from tiny saplings fully grown,
Since pas to sons, mums to daughters,
Carried fruit for generations…

This is where we once laughed as children,
Here I'll let my sons and daughters run:

'Twas this land my gramps ploughed through, where my ma and pa lived too.
Where my line planted their mother seeds, where I now care their children.
In this soil I have my roots; here I can rest up my hooves.
Here my offspring grows and blooms… here I've planted my heartseeds.

Within the breathing earth they be restin';
Under the home they built, here I too rest one day…

The Equestrian Year Part I

THE EQUESTRIAN YEAR
~ PART I ~
From Summer to Autumn

Serenity

'Twas beautiful day
Weather was prepared fair
In calm swansong

We had planned ahead
Meeting at picnic place
For these last moments

Perhaps last warmth, above us cloudless sky
August is done, with it those summer days

Gathered on the lake
For the last perfect day
Gather last memories
Cherish them in autumn

After those warming days
How I can't remember
Where the days passed so fast
Within moments

Had I done all I hoped for

Filled picnic baskets
Under apple trees
The waters are still warm
We can play games

Around us the verdant fields
By our old picnic place
We're together today
At this moment

Moment I'd wish to keep alive:

Serenity

Farewellwind

Bright blue sky, sunny day
We're upon the hill, feeling the gentle summer breeze
We've prepared our kites
To send farewells for the summer in the wind:

Fly for me, it is your time to shine
Set you free now to fly in the wind
Farewellwind, final summer breeze
I set my kite free

For so long summer lasted
The days of joy and adventures gone and left embraced
My own kite I had sewn
And my friends with me I had prepared for this moment:

Fly now free, send my message to the skies
Join the wind and soar in the air
Join your friends, dance in the farewellwind
The swansong we hear

Fluttering in wind, final summer breeze
Kites dance in the wind

With the wind are gone those summer days
Cloudy skies bring within the autumn
Farewell, wind, gentle summer breeze
We'll meet in a year

Wherever we'll be, we have bid them free
Farewells in the wind

For next I feel
Autumn wind
Gilded leaves

When the Autumn Leaves

The wind brings signs of colder mornings,
Prolonging dusk surpasses the light,
Gone are those days:
Summertime of warmth and laughing,
Summer's time to slumber now
(For) some time…

Reaped the harvest, filled the stocks,
Found the scarves and boots from loft,
Gathered firewood to keep our hearths lit and lively.

You can see how the time of green is gone:
Its course is old and fading, losing its vividness.
Months of winter holding near,
We are watching the autumn leaves
Glowing bright in their gilded colors.

Season of work after the summer growth:
Memories of the vivid days still in mind.
Season of change before the winter rest:
Painted world before the snow-white veil.

Bid your farewells to migrating friends,
Send your greetings with the birdsongs;
Final notes carried in the wind,
Their echoes left in emptying fields.

Can you help Nature prepare with Her task?
Remains of summer burden are weighing down Her back.
Months of winter holding near,
We are running when the autumn leaves
Will be set free to join their last breeze.

Fest and race set to bypass the woods,
Easing the trees take off their summer dress.
Their maiden flight in fading autumn's colors,
In thousand shades of change…

Through the freeing foliage the path leads
Across the woodlands: trail in the gilded rain.
I hasten and catch up my friends
When we run through the fall of the autumn leaves…

Gone the birds, sent farewells as they sing
Final lullaby for the summer's rest…
We passed through the course together
Watching the raining woods of the autumn leaves.

The Sun Goddess Saga (Lunaverse)

THE SUN GODDESS SAGA:
A LUNAVERSE TALE WITH ENSIFERUM

PRELUDE
Aamunkoi

00:37
I’ve watched over their lives
Throughout their passing times
The harmony’s realm, how much it has grown
As its folk has cherished their home

And still I can hear Her cries cursing my name…

I rose as the sun will rise
I shine as the moon has shone
I’ve watched my kin, my realm and my world
Rise from chaos to a new dawn

And still I can see Her wrath burning my eyes…

Seen their sorrows, cares and grieves
And their love, the ties that heal their wounds
Free from the madness and greed

Yet still I can feel…

1:30
I feel Her…
The never-old memory of Her…
Her chains…
Our pain…

2:24
At times I look at the Everlight
And I hold back my tears
Of the never changing past

I have watched over them on my own ever since those grieve-stricken days
A half of a soul and a half of a heart
A half of a family
A half of a Sister

And I wish
And I pray:
To never again witness her wrath

Nevermore
Nevermore

3:27
“Me heräsimme talvipäivänseisaukseen, edessämme vuoden pisin yö
mutta yön päätti äkkinäinen aamunkoi…”
"Woken at Winter Solstice, ahead of us the Longest Night of the Year
But the Night was ended by the sudden Dawn..."

}~*~{

FIRST POEM
Sunrise

The longest night erased
Wiped out with flaming rays
Coercing back the day
Torn from its solar way

Upon the burning field
She sees the sign of cruelest dreams
Wished to never face again
The monster of sun

Fiery as everlight
Her blazing form so bright
Demon from ancient past
Alicorn with flaming eyes

Evading her imprisonment
Free of the harmony’s power
On earth she roams again:
Corona the Tyrant Sun

Madmare’s laugh
Burning down the night
Rebelling sun
Brings the scorching light

The Tyrant Sun
The banished god
How could you defy your judgment’s call
Tear down your prison
Defy your wards…

“I am the Everlight,
Constant and immortal.
No shade has force to bind down my might, for I am Sun!
Grown in my shining power
I forced thy chains to cower.
To rule is elder’s right
Thus I’ll reclaim the throne!

I’ll burn the stains and markings left by thy jealousy;
After me the reborn world.
I’ll tear out the hatred thou hast sown,
All of thy corruption will be perished in dust!”

Madmare’s laugh
Burning down the night
Rebelling sun
Brings the scorching light

Lost winter night
In the scorching light
She’s tearing down her sister’s world

Is there tomorrow
In tyrant’s realm…

}~*~{

SECOND POEM
Our Path

Siren Song

Gathered on the stream
Followed the unexpected guide
Heard the tempting song
Lured by the enchanting choir

In the shades of the Everfree
Echoes beyond the deeps
“Why not join us under the stream; we hunger for fresh meat…”

Before

We had seen the tyrant’s deeds:
Our loved ones taken by whim,
At the mercy of the usurper’s mad mind.
Undoubted ‘twas deemed:
We cannot let her reign free.

Under the endless sun
We head to the dark
We embark on the unknown path
Seek a way to reclaim land
Begin the reformation
To deter the insane lord
(By the) ancient harmony’s force
Rebel the Tyrant’s Throne…

Counter Chord

Before the predators’ stream
Last one stands free
Against the hungry sirens’ tones
She begins her song

Under the frozen sun
Hear the heartstrings’ song
By the stream of the melting snow
She fights the craving choir
Echo the dueling notes
For her companions’ lives
Heart shining strong with her love
She breaks the sirens’ choir

Pain and the Healing

Victim victorious
Caster falls under the battle strains
Willing to give her life away
Her unbroken loyalty
For her love, for her companions
For the world they called home

Face the field of looming curse
Dare its fate for the sick friend

Don’t yield for despair
At the cost of sacrifice

We will withhold together, win as one
We will not leave anyone behind
Not on our path

Reprise

Under the endless sun
We head to the dark
Daring the threats on the woods
Seek a way to restore moon
Begin the reformation
To deter the insane lord
(By the) ancient harmony’s force
Rebel the Tyrant’s Throne

}~*~{

THIRD POEM
The Reign (Thousand Years Ago)

I watched it happen
Slip through my watch
Blind in my own grief
I let her fall apart

Then the order’s called
With tyranny’s voice:
For everyone under the sun
To belong to the ever-watching eyes of god…

Before my eyes
I let her rise
Form the tyrant’s reign.
Sister mine
Lost her mind
Sun guarding the realm…

The broken bond
The fallen goddess
Tyrant arisen
In madness reign

Side by side ‘twas meant
Shared the care for the world
In sisterhood

Caressing heart
Stained by time
And now she has forced me
To choose from pain or wrong …

A fallen heart
A broken mind
Formed the tyrant’s shade
Sister mine
Where thou lie
‘Neath the madness’ veil…?

The broken bond
Shepherd and tyrant
Sisters at war
Over the reign

}~*~{

FOURTH POEM
Elements

As was in legends told
Of the fight between the kin
The ancient power unfold
It chained the elder’s light within

Upon the forgotten ruins
Wayfarers reach the journey’s end
Defying the curses of karma
Found their path through the woods

In the old halls of Moon and Sun
Search for the gems of oldest force
The elements born of the virtuous realm
The foundation of the peaceful world

The power stronger than gods
Once it shimmered, now waned
Concealed away from mortals
Resting in stone-cold veil

Gathered the five of the stones
But how to unleash the last
Only clues left in riddles
The answers hidden within the past

In the old halls of moon and sun
Were found the gems of oldest force
The elements born of the virtuous land
The foundation of peaceful world

Through the dangers we found the relics
To be deadlocked in the final line?
Confound the mentor,
Under what purpose
Nothing but questions left behind

In the old halls of moon and sun
Rested the gems of oldest force
The elements born of the virtuous realm
The foundation of the peaceful world

In the old halls of moon and sun
Frozen the gems of oldest force
The elements born of the virtuous land
The foundation of peaceful world

}~*~{

FIFTH POEM
Loss (Thousand Years Ago, pt II)

Scorched, barren ground
Where battle raged once
Over the sky
I can still hear her final cry

Where harmony once reigned
Its shards now lying stained;
I’ve maimed my own flesh and blood…
Forsaken my kin to the sun…

When new tomorrow dawns on this land
The morn whispers to my heart
Her far cries
…tears of it my price…

Rescued my ponies
Freed from Her oppression
But how can I move on from this night
When I’ve crushed along Her my own heart?

Kindness… wronged
Laughter… died
Generous… fell
Honesty… mocked
Loyalty… torn
Their Magic lost
Harmony gone
Broken bond

When the sun follows the night
I plead my hollow wish
To bear it somehow
The lone sister’s grief

}~*~{

Tired on the journey under the frozen sun
Wish for a little rest through the nightless night
Struggling with the way to free the eldest might
Wish for a solution on the dawnless dawn…

Letter sent through scorching heavens under sun
Letter’s warning for the Elder’s claim of throne
Schemers gathering against their Goddess Sun
Searching the power to bring the Tyrant down…

FINAL POEM
The Truest Power

“I had heard this call
Of those who dare to mock my reign;
Before my once proud, old throne
Here do they hide, scheming against me?”

Waking at undawn of the frozen sun
Hearing the roar of corrupted beast
Cornered in the fight, struck by the flames
When beyond their reach descends the god

[“I was warned of the threat against my righteous throne,
But what do I see?
Fools, clinging in lies
Desperate and scared against the Rightful Power…”]

Arrives the tyrant
So blazing in her wrath
When faced against her foes
Her laughter echoes cold

“Elements you dared to claim
To rebel the foretold fate
Couldn’t you understand?
Only power they obey!”

Ancient power
Of harmony
Stained and petrified
Crushed by her flames

“Hallowed be your queen
Hallowed be my name
Witness my first judgment
Before you die!”

Call it courage or craze
She mocks the tyrant’s words:
“Before our ending lives
I’ll show what a joke you are.”

And sphere surpassing Her flames
In transcendental light
With a smile The Element wakes
When Laughter chooses Her claim

For beyond the raw force the true power lies
The ties formed in harmony, born of friendship

[“The greatest joy is in the joy to live.
Even in despair
You can always find something to live for.”

“I can keep going with the support of others,
And if they ever need me
I am there for them.”

“It isn’t about those who want
But of those who need;
You can’t expect from others
What you keep only for yourself.”

“I am what I am,
None will change that.
If I can see myself
I won’t hide it with lies.”

“There will always be fights and arguments
But it’s alright.
You must have sense to understand
And heart to forgive.”]

One by one they call their own:
Kind, Honest, Generous, Loyal bonds
Believe in your element, claim your fate
Open up your heart, accept Love

[“…I couldn’t believe before
In the magic of friendship
Not for the likes of me
From the friends like you…
Not until now.”]

The Truest Power found, claimed, complete
The fulfilled Elements strike against the god
Faith in their bond,
Trust in their ties,
Surpassing the frozen sun
The Rainbow of Light

}~*~{

POSTLUDE
Illankajo

Kajossa maa || In dim of the eve .
Kirjon kauneuden || The prismatic light

Ahneudesta || From the holds of greed

Auringonlaskuun || Guiding down the sun

Kajossa maa || In dim of the eve .
Valon sovinnoisten || The harmony’s light

Illan rauhassa || Shimmer in peace

Tuo takaisin kuun || She raises the moon

Finding the light, the oldest of might
Restoring the order and peace
As the sundown ends the longest day…

The Harmony’s might, the Rainbow of Light
Hearts tied together in the friendship and love
It brought down the Tyrant Sun’s final reign:

The Truest Power unleashed
Beyond mere force it reached
Forged in the hour of need
Shattered the reign of greed

Be brave, have faith
In yourself, in friends, in ties that you share…
…My faith, my trust
In myself, my friends, in bonds that we share…

Be brave, have trust
In yourselves, in friends, in ties that you share…
…Our faith, our trust
In ourselves, our friends, in love that we share…

…My faith, my trust
In myself, my friends, in bonds that we share…
…Our faith, our trust
In ourselves, our friends, in love that we share…

Author's Notes:

The Sun Goddess Saga was originally going to be my first pony rock-opera, based on Blind Guardian’s 15-minute prog epic “And Then There Was Silence”, with the narration provided by singing and dialogue of the L!Six and Corona in the main roles. But the project got stalled as I couldn't get the flow within the song sync with the story, and it proved out to be a lot more complex task than I had anticipated.
It was left as it is for a while until I just thought, “Why not just rewrite it in the style I know best?” So I put the opera project aside and revised what I had come up with into a coherent, narrative poetry in the style of my earlier epics, also changing the music from Blind Guardian to Ensiferum, more specifically a collection of songs from “From Afar” and “Unsung Heroes”.

The outcome turned out somewhat a mix of a coherent metal epic like Nightmare Epic and Discordant Tale, and a collection of individual poems in the vein of Canterlot Series and Cutie Mark Poems. Narrative shifts between a (mostly) third-person retelling of RainbowDoubleDash' “Longest Night, Longest Day”, with some first-person poems told by Luna, loosely inspired by CrassAndClouds2's “Symphony for Moon and Sun”.

The Saga has two ways to end it: you can either read the "Illankajo segment" over the outro of The Longest Journey, or cut the song at around 9:30 and switch into the Passion Proof Power. For the curious, the Aamunkoi was also partially based on the opening of Passion Proof Power. Book ends, eh?

The Crystal Empire Trilogy

The Crystal Empire Trilogy

- Fall, Memory, Rebirth

Blind Greed (Fall of the Empire)

Tower rose in the winter night
Traveler's beacon in the arctic fields
Once it shone from the northern land
Mellowing the coldest of winds

"No constraints of flesh
May prevent my revival
My day of return will come
From the depths of ice I will rise…"

Luminous
Crystalline homes
City that glows in light
Shining realm of knowledge and arts
Power from deepest of ties

Shimmered under the stars
Empire of the crystal kin
Until the days turned dark
Faded the lights into dim

I still remember the golden days, Empire of the North
Beacon of union and love
Crystal Heart their guiding light

Realm of peace now tortured
Enslaved under your will
Tarnished the hearts of joy
How could you let it be ruined…

Seeds of their misery, countless distraught lives
Burden of memory relived once again
Where ends your greed if you'll turn them to ruins…
Hail the king of forlorn… of frozen waste?

"Torn towers from the tides of time…
My throne, my beautiful halls,
You won't take them from me.
Who else but the strongest can claim
The right for power,to hold the Crystal Heart…"

"Such is the fate; such is my claim for throne
Over this land, over its glory and might.
Power to lead, power to force my will
Above the weak, nothing but slaves of mine."

"Such is the fate, such is my claim for throne,
Beyond the reach of time my mind will hold:
Over the time, lifetime thousandfold
From the deeps I'll rise and take my own…"

}~*~{

Anthem (Memory of the Empire)

Children of the Perished Empire…

The crystal spike
Emerged in the northern sky.
From thousand years of sleep
Woken the empire of past,
The world once perished and gone.

It looms in the north…
The echoes of cold domain.
The king, the tyrant reborn
Waiting his renewed chance
To finish what had begun…

Crystal kin
Drifting shells of the realm…

What's there… left… to protect…

Memories…
They're fading…
What's left are filled with hurt and grief.
It's graying and tarnished,
The world they once called their home.
Despair and fear,
Tokens of slavery,
Left within the heartcells
In the lost, orphaned souls of the empire…

… Stand up by your own feet

Restore your hope,
Find your courage,
Kindle the light,
Unite the nation's heart.

Once enslaved,
Be free from your past.
Weak can find
The power that lasts.

The long lost tradition, the fair of kinship,
The powerful memorial, seed for revival.

It's been gone for so long, the world of a crystal kin;
Arise and stand tall, the joy is at your reach.

Unearth your bravery; you have the strength you need.
Turn faith to reality: there is nothing to fear.

The awakened memory of a kingdom and home:
On the horizon the stars are the same.
Rise from the darkness to a dawn of new light.
Discover your history,
The strength to live free,

Who you are.

}~*~{

Rediscovery (Rebirth of the Empire)

a) Ghost

Where did the world once disappear
When we were praying for freedom
The light was blinding my eyes,
Then darkness came;
Was that the end…?

What waited were the graying walls
Lifeless city and kingdom
Is this the worth of my existence
Has nothing changed?

Am I alive and trapped in the death
Or dead and lost my afterlife
Was I ever anything else
Than these crippling chains around my neck

They say time has forgotten our life
Yet the scars are still fresh in my heart
Can't I just leave it behind
Can't I just forget it all

Am I a ghost that's wandering the earth
I remember nothing more but pain
I saw the light once faded
Is there meaning to even try to escape

They say time has forgotten our life
Yet the scars are still fresh in my heart
I have nothing to hold on
Maybe there never was
Can't I just leave it behind…

b) Recall

There is so much more in you than you believe…
Once enslaved can still find the strength to fight, to live…

I remember this scene
Somehow it's seems so real to me
The sounds of fair
All the tastes and smells in the air
What is this feeling

Is this a sign
Did I recall a time
That's my real life…?

Were there once a time and life without chains
When we did know joy
Where in my mind those times remain
I want them back

The shadow clouds the times before you lost your life…
Try to recall the world where you were free to smile…

They're waking up in me
Memories that I once had are here
The wistful fair
All the tastes and smells in the air
I remember this

Familiar sight, it's warming my heart
Like I'm welcomed home

All the life I've known I've lived in chains
For so long I've feared
Now I can open my eyes again
See and smile…

The key of rebirth
The stairway to the skies
The answer's waiting right ahead

Our deadline's closing fast with His siege
Will you be their savior, or are you to fail the final leap
Will you guide the light or lead their downfall?

All the life I've known I've lived in chains
For so long I've feared
Now I can recall the time past despair
I can smile

Maybe I can find myself again…
…I hope so…

c) Choice

A shadow is growing outside,
Everything around us is dying,
The darkness that emerged anew has swallowed the last dim of light…

Is this where the memory guided us
From the chains of our past, to the end of our future
Couldn't we be free after all?

There is no way for me
But maybe for someone else

I am seeing the eyes of darkness
They've grown everywhere
Before us the final choice:
Live, or be erased…

… I have a right to live my life

Don't be afraid
You have the power over your past
Let it guide your heart…

d) Rebirth

I won't resign to chains, no more
Now that I can see
There is more in life for me
I have the strength I need

The lantern of our land
It shines so bright
And guides us through the storm
We are given the key

I have rediscovered the path
Past the pain and grief
Scars may stay, but they won't bleed
I have the right to live

I can see the edge
There is no end
But a life reborn ahead
I can move on from here

I am free…

Author's Notes:

A trio of poems based on "The Crystal Empire" episodes, the opening of Season 3. Like was the case in The Canterlot Wedding, I didn't really care to try working on a continuous epic, instead going with the separate poems with thematic connection. The ending poem "Rebirth" was particularly rather nice experiment into more "introspective" and "introverted" narrative.

Songs, in case the links won't work:
Battlelore - Into the New World
Edenbridge - Brothers on Diamir
Stratovarius - Elysium

The Canterlot Series (Revised)

THE CANTERLOT SERIES
- Revised edition, with a whole new Poem!

~I~
Parasite Queen

Sunrise lighting the peaceful morning
Wake the maiden from her royal slumber
In unknown home, unfamiliar world
Through the mirror she sees a stranger
Looking back are alien eyes
A colored cover for the pale soul

A shadow's reflection
Through the sunlight, following her steps
Will it disappear in shade

Down the abyssal deeps the bride is hidden
A mirror image wearing the royal face:
A soul devourer, changeling grey as dusk
A parasite gnawing the euphoric hearts

Ashen cold, rotten walks the changeling queen…
On the thriving land wears her new face…

Walking through the underworld cavern
Echoes of gangrenous hooves on tunnels
Set her order to the swarming hive
"Head for the journey on the surface
Embark again the endless toil;
reap our feast of the mortal souls."

Under the nightfall dusk the swarm flies away
Leaving their hive to satisfy their greed
Ashen cold, rotten flies the changeling queen
Under the bluest sky wears her new face…

Since childhood years weaving their scheme
Preparing for meal beyond wildest dreams
Among ponykind the hungry swarm is waiting
As their mark the wedding bells' toll…

And the swarm is gathering outside walls…
Ready for feast of purest souls and hearts.

From the shadows underneath has risen the queen…
Under the tranquil sun she now walks as new…

[Finnish Version in dA]

~II~
Prisoner in the Mountain

Can you hear the music and laughter, as everyone has gathered to your wedding?
Can you see them dance as they celebrate your brightest day?
Can you hear them cheer, when you're dancing with your loved one?
A beautiful bride for the gallant groom,
Can you feel the happiness beating inside your heart?

No, you cannot.

For this is only a dream…

"Wake up."

a) A Bride without a Wedding

Opened my eyes, but no world unfolds
Am I blind, where are all the lights gone
Underneath I feel the floor made of cold stone
You wench, what a pathetic prey…

There was a wedding I was attending
We prepared for dancing, for joy and wish fulfilled
How am I here now, I don't understand

Were you to live happily ever after?
Too bad.
Alas poor, you won't get your sappy dreams,
Your fairytale ending's ripped off its bones!

Inside the mountain am I all alone…?
The emerald mirrors with a face that isn't me
Welcome to your cell, you won't leave this place soon…

Where you're hiding from me?
Nowhere you could find me.
Where you've left me and why?
Nowhere you could be found;
You brought this for yourself,
It was set on your infancy.

Why'd you do this to me?
(For) reasons you couldn't see.
You don't make any sense.
So it may seem to you.
You won't get away with this.
Yet I stand triumphant.

b) Princess and the Witch

Hollow laughter in cave…
Constant echo in ears…
Grasp to what you are,
Your mind's a bastion afield:

Shining one, my husband-to-be,
Since those days we had, I dreamed,
To walk down the aisle with him.
For none other I ever wished to love…
The bells for our happiest day,
Why would you take it away from me…?
Why would you do this to me?
When did I do anything to you?

Love is what brought you this ill fate,
Your lovely groom will soon belong to me!
As you're trapped and will rot,
No one knows to search you.
No one hears where you are,
Just forget what you were,
Just accept your cell,
You are free to cry,
Just lay down and die…

c) Prisoner and the Voice

I won't yield to my fate.
It's useless to act brave.
Someone can still find me,
Or I'll find a way out.
You are a fool,
And fools are just a tool for me…

…It'll be beautiful,
I have never been a bride.
Would you know what it's like?
No, of course not…
You won't get away with this.
But I already have…

…It'll be beautiful,
What my groom might be like?
What he might taste like?
You dare even think…
How would you make me pay?
Your threats are powerless…

…Are you claustrophobic?
Do you miss seeing sunlight?
Shut up, just shut your mouth!
You don't get into me…
If you still wish to fight fate,
Go ahead…

d) How many days later

I still do not understand
Why did you do this to me?
Whatever I did to deserve this… (I'm sorry…)
None of your hollow pleads will help you…
… please, let me go…

The hunger gnaws me,
How long have I been here inside,
Within gaze of the emerald eyes?
I can barely move, it's getting so cold,
I must get out before it's too late.

Anyone, can you hear me…
Please, if you can hear me…
I'm under the mountain…
Locked in the mountain…
Within the mountain, I…

I'm tired.

~III~
Since the Days When I Was Small

It was all so exciting
First time on the surface
With my mother, elder queen
We hunted the emotional souls

First taste of emotions
I swallowed the sugary love
First feast on emotions
I drank all of the sorrow's salt

We roamed the overworld plains
While relishing treats, the earthling souls' ether
I dreamed of the future ahead me
On the warmth of mother's lap

First feast on emotions
The taste of milt stayed on my tongue
First taste of addiction
Sugar of love and sorrow's salt

We watched the sundown
Since those days when I was small
We saw the fortress…
I yearned to taste that joy once again

The euphoria in my mouth
Filling me with hopes and dreams
Raw force within the heartfelt
Passion of the young embrace

The euphoria, the savor
Tear-filled I made my promise
Become queen she could be proud of
Give my swarm the feast of scale
Worth of my childhood years…

There he stands, my groom, nourishing me
Helps me feed my children with their love…

First taste of emotions
Since the days when I was small
First feast on emotions
I yearned to taste that joy once again

Dear mother,
Today I'll make you proud
Dear mother,
Today my song will rise
Dear mother,
My aria rebuilds the past
Dear mother,
The days that'll never die:
The days when I saw the sky
The days when I tasted love…

~IV~
I Dreamed of Every Princess' Dream

Days all turned to blur when I've been trapped in the cave…
…Waiting for the day when I finally earn my fate…
…When notice the light, in the dark, beyond the witch's cell

Is this yet a new trick weaved within your schemes
Are you still the beast that keeps grinning 'neath the sheep
"My old friend", what have you to prove yourself true?

I am counting the hours for my finest moment to shine...

Sunshine and smiles…
Ladybugs awake…
Memory of friend reappeared in the cave
The dearest I couldn't expect to see anymore

…to see them bow at me…
…masked in other's skin…
…helping me fulfill my dream…
…everyone's deceived…
…played like fools, it's too late for them!

Can dreams come true, if dreamed by the dead?

We don't have much time, but it's not yet time to yield
I'm alone no more, together we can still win
Shining one, I will find my way to save you!

I wish you could see, how I will make you proud
I wish you could join me on my greatest day
When I walk down the aisle with my newest prey!

Can dreams come true?
Can weak have hope,
If they come 'cross the stronger call?

("Kära barn växer och bevisar sig…
Unelmista syntyvät tulevaisuuden teot.")
Dreams are fuel for future's light, and mine comes true

Hoping hours could fly
Could the time pass me by
All the pieces are ready for checkmate
Couldn't care any less
How I look in my dress
I can hardly stop the saliva of hunger
Lusting for the taste of feast…
(Soon!)

Spinning down the tunnel when we're heading above
Thousand paths that lead everywhere but away
Caverns worn by time, not roamed in ages

I cannot afford to be trapped in here again
Save your breath or you choke in your tears
One more step, that's the spirit, keep up

Why it has to be so hard…
… to wait for wedding bells…
… still so far from there…
… how my plan rebuilds the past…
… as fast as I can, but my strength runs out!

… I dreamed of every princess' dream
To wed my noble prince one day
I wished to fill my childhood wish
But hopes for happy tale came with a bitter pay

Do I have that chance left anymore
Have I lost my world, what do I have to hold on…
Don't fall now, please, don't fall down now
I won't abandon you, so don't give up on yourself…

Dreams can come true, if they're fought for
You're not alone…

I'm not alone, not anymore…
And I will fight

Tolling wedding bells marking my day
Who still claims that girl couldn't get what she craves
Ready to take your final step for future?

~V~
The Clouds of Invasion

a) Wedding Hall, Battleground

Entering the hall of the wedding
On the altar the bride with her groom
Stop the ceremony
The bride is an impostor
Changeling tears the skin off her form

"If you think you have beaten me, you see you're already late.
Behold as my work is finished, witness as my plan's fulfilled…"

Dark clouds storm over the mountain
Swarming clouds darken the sun
Above us the swarm gathers
Above us the invasion
Fully armed and prepared for assault

"My children answer for my call as I have opened them path:
his love is shield under my will, without him your defenses fall."

The Princess rises against Queen:
"I won't let you cut a single thread on my kin."
"Strike, let no soul fly free!"
"Your plan leads only to misery,
End this madness or I won't answer for your fate."
"Kill, their realm will be wiped out now!"

Standing up for her kin
Princess of harmony and love
Parasite queen, mother of swarm
Radiant sun and flames of greed

Clash in the hall, powers of skies and deeps
For her folk,
For her swarm,
For their sake, the worlds collide…

b) War

She rose against divinity
And found the way to defeat the goddess of heavens
"My will surpasses the gods!"
Misguided love, parasite's fuel
A power beyond to defy the world of harmony
"Die, your kind will be hunted down now!"

Rain over the mountain
Frontlines face within the walls
At the sundown marching to war
Invasion strikes to the heart of land
Flooding the streets, innocence in the crossfire
Harmony's heart lies under the battleground

"Since childhood years I've waited this day:
to overthrow their world, cattle as they are…"

Raining black swarm
In chaos the fight
Separate and strike
Ambush the unprepared
Imprison their kind
Each and everyone

Suppress the resistance
Resign them of worth
Construct them the cage
Gather the cattle
While cries pierce the sky
Shut the children's cry

Into the princess' hall is set the throne fit for a queen
Unarmed, imprisoned take the heroes to their fate…

c) …And What's Left after the Victorious

After the waning sun
Arises the crimson moon
Fallen the god before the swarm
Silent veil over the field of loss

"Please, hold me tightly, I'm shivering.
When did our wedding night became the stage for war?"

When their realm lost, when no more joy left…

~VI~
By Your Side, Forever and Ever

Greed now rules the spoils of war.
Queen has set her throne on the royal hall (the ruins of the realm)…

I have walked through the dark…
I have fought my way out of her prison.
I have witnessed the war…
I have found my love wrapped in oblivion.

The eldritch swarm over our world,
My shining one, where have you gone?
Devourer's claws hold on your heart,
My shining love, where are you lost?

Broken harmony, its protectors fell…
Imprisoned their kin, in repressed tears (the realm of peace)…

From beasts he swore to shield his home,
My shining one, the guardian.
Wake from the queen's dormant veil,
Within your heart resides our hope.

In despair we need your gallant strength,
My shining one, reclaim your shield.
I'll support your task, my love undying,
My shining love, it never fades.

Spark from dust, in heartfelt grown:
They're breaking the ravening,
Disbanding her swarm.

Collect the shards of hearts tread down:
Light the reclaimed,
Rebuild the land of peace.

Where false love has faded away:
Its stains have now withered,
We cleansed its markings.

The sincere love guides us home:
Its ties sworn genuine,
They're shining in the end.

Author's Notes:

The Canterlot Series, my poetic retelling of the Canterlot Wedding episodes, has now been resubmitted, due to adding a whole new poem to the saga. "I Dreamed of Every Princess' Dream" is my interpretation of This Day Aria, which also now links the story together more coherently.

The Songs used in the series, in order of the story:

Moonsorrow: Pimeä
Sonata Arctica: Wildfire part II - One with the Mountain
Amorphis: Skyforger
Sonata Arctica: Wildfire part III - Wildfire Town, Population: 0
Epica: Serenade of Self-Destruction
Battlelore: Doombound

Song of the Blanks

Song of the Blanks

[…I got curious, and followed her with not much of a thought into the shades of the trees
I mean, why would anypony else come to the forest?]

In the shadows her lonely eyes, yearning for light
Marked and undeserved punishment
Her ashes left on the waning hearth
Abandoned rest in the forgotten home

[I started to worry about getting lost, when I finally stumbled upon a town, its gates welcoming me in a warm light of waning afternoon Sun.
They were setting up a party, and invited me to join them…]

There is no reason for us to leave…
There is nothing to hurt us if we stay.
There is nothing here that we could miss…
There is no reason for us to worry…

[His smile didn’t reach his eyes,
And despite the lighthearted atmosphere around us, the scenery felt somber, almost exhausted…]

It keeps repeating anew
From dawn to another dusk
…Can’t stop myself shivering
Is there any way out

Why not just drink it down ’til you pass out
Gobble ’til the pain has no space to scream

”Wandering alone
On the verge of my home
Search for the way
Out of this lonely cell”

We already escaped the curse of the marks
And now we have nothing to worry about
Our award was the never-ending bliss
There is nothing that would hurt us here

Is that why you keep this going
Drowning the weeping shame
You’re escaping from this one word
Say it:
”Infanticide.”

[She was rambling, mournfully, in the empty, lightless room.
I left her be on her own…]

You can’t kill the torment with your hollow feast
Waste your days as you want, it never leaves
No matter how many treats you swallow
The stains will follow
Even to oblivion

Is that the past sins stuck on your throat
Or simply your rotting flesh and tongue…?

[Embers were still hot in the ruins
And I could see the bones glowing in the heat…

… just how old was she, when she had burned in those flames?]

”I didn’t mean to hurt…
I never meant to hurt anyone…”
(It burns…)

Once it was a moment of pride
‘Til the judgment followed
Thrown to the ravenous flames

My body was left to the embers
Free to leave, yet fettered
To roam as the victim of sin

[I left the cottage at the first glimpse of dusk,
And when I returned to the town, they showed me their true forms…]

“Why can’t I go back home
Why can’t they hear my longing for solace?”

The sunset marking the end of the feast
The deluded lose their fancy coats
Look at the child, witness the fear
When she sees the decaying townsfolk

[”Why not stay with us;
There is nothing that could hurt you here…”]

Is that how you’d protect her
From what? A life ahead?
To hollowly wander, blank,
To share the afterlife artificial?

The sun is rising anew
With it the party begins again
No signs of redemption
They’re circling the cycle never-ending
…Never ends… never ends!

[”My mark means the special talent in finding things…
Follow the path, and please, do not look back…”

Her hug was firm, like pining for the tiniest sense of warmth…]

Forbidden hereafter
The cursed ones keep drifting
The feast continues
And it never ends

Cowards keep smiling without the grace of remorse
Drowning the shame in oblivion

In the forest’s shades, alone in darkness
The girl has to stay, wander in exile
On the outskirts of home

[I had no heart to look back at her, after we had bid farewells
and I ran all the way, until I reached the border of the forest…]

Author's Notes:

Based on the famed fan game "Story of the Blanks", also drawing inspiration from its comic adaptation.
The song is Moonsorrow's "Jäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta"

The original poem was written in two languages. The Finnish version, "Merkittömien Laulu" can be found here.

The Equestrian Year Part II

THE EQUESTRIAN YEAR
~ PART II ~
From Winter Days to a Waking Spring

A White Winter Day

Wake up, before you'll sleep over the day
Window lanes shine cold, chilling frost having touched the glass
Overnight drifts piled, form walls on the garden
Where the fresh snow has gathered

Town casts a shade on a first peak of sunlight
Town in slumber on this calm winter morning
Children run past the school house
A store closed for the day
A time for family

Nature untouched, still in its peace
Trees naked of leaves, snowy veil their dress
Critters asleep
The migrated birds left their homes for the south

See the white world, the place she calls home
There the friends were now gathered
To play in a winter scene:
Let's have a snowball fight!
Let's build a fabulous snowmare
Why won't we go to the lake;
Weather is fine for skating games
Why not just do them all

A rare chance in the short-living day
Before the sunshine ends
Untouched snow's marked in their play:
Echo the laughter's choir
Sevenfold chorus of snowy games
Echo over the town
The ephemeral song of joy
Flying the time so soon

Live for a day, go out and play; be a child
This one time, before the winter's sun
Cold and short in light
Ends its path for a night

Tired Sun, only hours old
Shadows grow in Her trail
Leaving the waning light to memory
With warm chocolate cups they watch the evening
A white winter day's turned dark…

Lit the lights for the winter nightfall
Gathering of the shimmering sea
Town lanterns shine like a star belt:
Momentum in calm, with friends

}~~~{

Wake The Spring

The southern wind whispers in my ears
Warming breeze greets me, carrying the season’s end
Queen of snow gives away her crown, her veil
Gives up her throne for her sister spring…

May ice and snow melt
It’s time for flowers to bloom
May sunrise light new day
…Time to end winter gloom

Hundred nights and days we’ve watched the world in snow-white veil
We have had the winter cover long enough for holidays
Hearths have warmed, lanterns have lit throughout the nights of frost and dark
Time has come to start the circle once again,
Time to wrap up winter…

Cleanse the marks of the frost and dark
Make way for the life reborn in awakened earth
Now surface can breathe,
River streams flow free,
Water come as rain in warming days
Tomorrow’s harvest is planted on ground

Make way for harvest
Feel the new life in the seeds
Wake up the critters underneath
Welcome returning friends

Hundred nights and days we’ve watched the world in snow-white veil
We have had the winter coolness long enough for holidays
Hearths have warmed, lanterns have lit throughout the nights of frost and dark
Time has come to start the circle once again,
Time to wrap up winter…

Tend the life reborn and growing after the three months’ rest
Take up on tradition’s tasks clad in colors of wrap-up vests
After hundred days and longer nights we’ll wake vivid and sing
Pick our tunes and sing the morning lied
To wake the sleeping spring:

Hundred nights and days we’ve watched the world in snow-white veil
We have had the winter coolness long enough for holidays
On this day we go to work and clear the world buried in frost,
Caress the new life arising ‘neath the snow

As we wrap up winter.

Author's Notes:

The two final poems of The Equestrian Year, with Sonata Arctica's Gravenimage and Victoria's Secret.

Thousand Years

Thousand Years

The Scarred Moon

Starlight, my lone and voiceless guards in the night
Twinkle with the memories of the past surface life:
All the solitary nights
And all the cursed daylights
I follow the arc of the Earth
Weaving through the memory, the pain of the fall…

My wings were torn in your elements’ light;
Burned my spirit,
Forsaken me to roam this bare land
I’ll never forget what you've done to me
Thousand years I will rot for your light

But the stars will change in their thousand-year-path
And I’ll kill what I was.
Her memory will die in my waiting
‘Til there’s nothing left but my wrath…

The Lonely Sister

Can someone hear me
From darkness that surrounds my soul
It’s lonely and cold,
Like wandering in the maze of a dreamless dream

I see the world through other’s eyes,
I try but they won’t let me go.
I’m locked in the darkness of my own mind
With chains that my hatred unfold.

I’m pleading for you, dear sister I wronged,
Please forgive my sin, rescue me,
Please, save me…

The Mourning Sister

I watch the moon move above the earth with its scarred face
I see the price I paid
With the tears flowing from my broken heart
Their lights died with the stains of my crime
Deformed to wipe out our ties
I failed to save you from the shadows of hate
And the guilt will haunt me ‘til the end

I promise to you with tears of my heart
However long it takes, I will wait
I’ll never leave you there, I’ll find a way
…find a way…

The Scarred Moon (Reprise)

Starlight, my guardians will change in the sky
Break the cell that captures my spirit in the night
And then I’ll rise again
Bring down the fires of day
I’ll bring within my eternal night
Raw and cold as vengeance, and kill what you love

I damn your life
To the end of the world
‘Til the stars are falling
‘Til the lights have shattered

The seal will wane in the thousand-year-course
I will end what I start
Thousand years I remember
There is nothing left but my wrath

I damn your life
To the end of the world
‘Til the stars are falling
I’ll damn your life to the end

Author's Notes:

The trinity of Nightmare Moon, Luna and Celestia.

Wintersun: Sadness and Hate

Transcendence of Fate

Transcendence of Fate

Predestination

I’m not brave enough to take the leap…
What I once was don’t matter anymore…
Wishful words spoken on passing days…
Led the ignorant to a mere dead end…

If there’s proof of it, then it must be true
What’s left but to accept what you’re told to do
That’s the set of cards you got this time
You’ll get another try in afterlife

That path was laid before my eyes
When I woke up and saw my sign
While something whispered to me of dreams
I was set to do all these other deeds

Have you resigned to fate, live the life you didn’t set?
Have you resigned to fate that won’t bring happiness?

How can I fail when I fulfill
What my mark is telling me
Why I can’t succeed
If this is my purpose in life
For this I was born
Yet still misfortune follows
Slave of the foretold…

Have you resigned to fate, live the life you didn’t set?
Have you resigned to fate that won’t bring happiness?

You spoke of times when you dared to face the world
You didn’t want to live by what others say
Back in those days you weren’t afraid to choose
The path not set, but one worth striving for

You searched for a place to call your home
What you really felt right in your heart
The best way how to live your own life
Has this fate forgotten who you are!

Are you to resign to fate, live the life you didn’t set?
Are you to resign to fate that won’t bring happiness?

I still remember how you were
When you uncovered your strength
What you seek is a path
Of your own, not what you’re told to take
Who else could have the right
To make the choice but your own heart
Your own courage

We are not bound to fate, we will carve it ourselves
We are not bound to fate; our choices find the way

Leap of Faith

A rediscovery
A guide showing the memory

I’ve seen the strength you have within yourself
How the leap of faith is yours to take

They may not be easy or swift
Tomorrow’s goals you wish to reach… (But…)

We’re not alone in our unsung tales
Be brave, your friends help you take those steps

Are you to resign to fate, live the life you didn’t set?
Are you to resign to fate that won’t bring happiness?

You are not bound to fate; you will carve it yourself
You are not bound to fate; your own choice finds the way!

Author's Notes:

Magical Mystery Cure poem. No Twilicorns.

Nightwish - Song of Myself, the first 7 minutes

Fragments of Life

Reminiscence: Fragments of Life

I watched the world through the one-way mirror,
Hoping they could notice me
Like I saw them.

I watched the world through the one-way mirror,
Hoping they wouldn’t notice me
When I have my own things to do.

I watched the mirror,
And wonder why it doesn’t show me.

I open a book and begin to read
And wonder why the book couldn’t be real.
The stories, where everything is so much easier
Simple, beautiful, and happiness found in the end…

I saw the world around me like in a fragmented glass;
Everyone was shattered, in separate pieces,
I wish I could fix them…

“At times I looked at the flickering eyes
And wished they wouldn’t wane at dawn.
At times I look at the everlight
And wish it had the grace to forgive me.”

“At time I look at the silvery circle
And wish she could forgive herself.”

“I look up to my sister,
Wishing I could one day be just like her.”
“I look up to her,
Wishing she’d one day look back at me like a sister.”
“I look up to my sister,
Wishing she’d one day look at me as who I am.”

“I wish every morning for a day
Where there wouldn’t be bitter words and sullen hearts,
A day I could be proud of
To leave behind as my heritage to my children.”

“I left behind the path I brought to myself
By trampling onto those I despised.
Now I have to find the right way to do it
So I can achieve what I truly wish for
And be content.”

“I do my work for the sake of others
But in the end I only saw
How I almost discarded our own happiness.”

“I looked at the place that was my home
But I couldn’t find from myself the joy to call it my home.
Maybe there once was warmth,
But it has moved on.
Maybe I should too.”

“I couldn’t find the bravery to be happy in my home
When I feared that I won’t belong there.”

“Wherein else lies home
Than where your heart can find peace?
A place where you can be yourself.
Were it on the road or under the roof,
Old as childhood or new as tomorrow…”

“So I had to be brave; not to be happy, but to be able to find real happiness elsewhere.”

“Yet I can live without it
Because I always carry those heartseeds with me,
And they’ll always remind me of where I can rest
Wherever I’ll be.”

“And when I finally was brave enough to fly on my own,
I found the life of my own, in the world truly my own,
When I looked at the sky unfamiliar yet heartwarming
I finally found what makes me happy.”

“I kept on searching,
And even if I had lived a life like no other,
It finally reached its happy end only when I nearly gave up
On finding you, my love…”

“We were given the key to rebirth after all these years,
To a life beyond scars of past and fear of unchanged tomorrow.
Now we have a life anew ahead of us
And we’ll certainly make it a good one.”

“We may not always be there for each other.
There may be time when we are on our separate ways
But we are never alone.
We won’t forget
The ties we’ve bound together,
The harmony we ensured.”

“I want to see my mom happy.
I want her to know
That she can be proud of me.”

“I may not be the strongest, or bravest, or most gifted
But I won’t give up.
I will make it true some day,
So I can reach those above me,
One day I will fly…”

“One day my wings will reach my dreams.
Whether it takes one more step ahead,
Or one million leaps to the unknown,
I will do it;
Because I have someone who believes in me.”

“I am no longer afraid of the corners of doubt
That reminded me of the gray and joyless past.
I have faith that it’ll turn out just fine in the end.
And every time I am able to fill others’ hearts with the fuzzy warmth of fun
I am sure I made the right choice.
It makes me smile to see others smile.”

“I’m back home, tired after the long day of work,
But when I see her earnest smile welcoming me
I can say it to myself:
‘This was a good day,
And tomorrow will surely be even better.’”

“Now when I look at the guardian in the sky,
And the silvery circle that follows it,
I look at the night that follows the most beautiful sunset,
Now I can smile.
Because finally, I can see that I am not alone…”

“Time goes on, but we will face tomorrow at peace, with confidence and courage…”

“Were it destiny that brought us together,
Were it fate that gave us our direction in life,
It’s up to us to take the first and final steps.
It’s all up to us to choose what we do
Right here, right now.
And because we can decide for ourselves
We will never forget;

“We’ll always be together
Because we are the magic that brought us together,
And it’ll never die
Because we are friends forever.”

I see them in fragments of life:
How all the little parts keep onto each others,
Supporting themselves.
So I don’t need to worry.

I thank you for it.

Author's Notes:

And with this, I end the series.

All of my poems, along the ones I didn't submit here, can be read in deviantArt.