> Pony Poems > by alafoel > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maud's Poem > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The heart is a rock. Sedimentary. Pressure crumbles - weakness' fidelity. Isolation's pressure. Loneliness presents fissure. Together, all. Altogether, everything. The heart is a rock - strong. Strong in totality. In its community. The heart is sedimentary.  A crust as whole, a chip itself. No chalcedony, no decoration. Nothing placed on a shelf. This is the heart. Sedimentary. > Poem for Shining Armor > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shine! Shine! Little Stallion, live for Love. live for life! Live Forever! Shine on! but nothing’s Forever, no… Shine on! (your Sister) Shine on! (your Daughter) Shine on! (your Wife) No! Every sun Bursts, every sparkle has its Twilight. So Shine, Shine, Forever! but Sun Breaks.  No, no! Forever is a long time. Without you. so Shine! Shine! Shine on, as you will. As you can. If you can… Burst, Break! Brittle frame! Brain strains! Try as you might! Try as you might to Shine! and the hoof lays softly, over the side of the bed… and the words come out limp, over the side of the bed… and the gleam drains slowly, over the side of the bed… so Shine! if you can. Shine! while you can. they'll miss you, remember that. your Shine is all they have. Your shine is all they have. > Twilight's Poem > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’ve never been good at poetry, Because I always just say what I mean. But you really are a special pony, Even if you think it remains to be seen. I’ve seen everything you are, And I know now what you can be. I just hope I don’t wander too far, and you choose to get up and leave. I know that you blame yourself. And maybe you are to blame. But there’s really no shame greater, Than giving into your shame. I know things for you haven’t been easy. I know that I’m not always near. But please don’t make me lose hope, That when I come back, you’ll still be here. > Poem for Derpy > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know what it’s like, to go through names like they’re seasons. to go through seasons like they’re nothing. to never hear a word form from your own mouth. I know what all of it’s like. I know what most of it’s like - How? and indulge me here - how do you pick your self up and keep going? Every single time? How do you dust your self off without losing faith? I know you can’t tell me. I know you won’t tell me. For one night, just once, I wish I’d fall asleep… and wake up as you. > Celestia > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightning strikes twice, That castle’s Rut and Rot. Rut! A moment frozen in time. Rot! The two of you, and so much more. Her mane flows like daggers in the rain, pointed, sharp, endless. The stars inside her seem so dim… The heart inside her seems so dim. The heart inside you, the two: the two. As one, as has been, as is no longer. And your eyes, tears stuck in mid air. A long drop to the ground, waiting.  Waiting for that release. Some, though, cling: Hold, Stick, Cement! Cement to your fur, the taste of salt in your maw. Tears? Or sweat? The taste of salt in your maw. And her eyes - locked, in this moment, with yours - see none of it. her eyes. It hurts to know her eyes are greyed and marbled, that their sight is none of any worth. That her ears are so stuffed with cotton and blood! that she may never hear you. Is she here with you? … Sister! (Destroyer!) Searching for a world that can hold us… Destroyer! (Sister!) But please don’t go your own way. … Has she already gone? and a hoof that once nicked the floor beneath now only hangs mid air. Hangs mid air, right at the end of a leg raised and straightened but crooked, still, crooked. Crooked at the sky, a warning sign. A desperate attempt at some self defense. It blocks nothing. it holds no truth. it rends in silence then, for a moment, you forget that it’s your own. The moon gloats in a pitch sky, bearing with its shine words of its own: Some half moment, some need for change. Some future that never happened. Some past that no longer matters: You are here now. You are here now, stuck, like the oil on the canvas. You want to hurt her. You want to help her. You just want an answer. Has someone got to fall before someone goes free? > Poem for Luna > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How many nights has it been since you visited? One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six… It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter… Every bad thing you've ever done… It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to me. I still shout for you every time. LUNA! LUNA! Luna! Luna! Luna. Luna… Do you still hear me? … Is that the problem? Am I too much? … Why can't you fucking love me? Why can't you fucking speak to me? LUNA! Seven… Luna! Nine… Luna. Eleven… Luna… Thirteen. It doesn't matter to me. I wish you were here, right now. Right now. It doesn't matter to me… Do I talk too much? Am I overbearing? Do I make you feel like shit? Is it all my fault? … Why don't you love me? > Starlight's Poem > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your words, your words… They cut the fur, that hides the skin, that holds the flesh, that covers the bones, that protect my heart. Your words… I... They puncture the skin, that holds the flesh, that covers the bones, that protect my heart. Your words, your words… Forgive… They pierce the flesh, that covers the bones, that protect my heart. And I can’t stand to hear them, those words, those words… You. They snap the bones, that protect my heart. I Forgive You That bursts the heart, that spills the blood, that seeps through, and through, the bones, the flesh, the skin, the fur. I Forgive You That seeps through, that builds a picture, that resides on my flank, that carries me and carries me and carries me. It hurts to see my own Cutie Mark. > Poem for Trixie > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standing, in an empty room. the crowd wandered and d r i p p e d a way. The blood you gave. Sun, now. In little spatters on the floor. Shining sun. Watching it seep… Onto the planks. Into the planks. Setting, now. A gash torn open. Orange beams illuminate… Let it bleed! Little spatters on the floor. Let it bleed. invisible once more Blood. to fire the horn. to cast the spell. to make them see. to give them heart. to feed the mass. to get more blood. to fire the horn. to cast the spell. to make them see. to give them heart. to feed the mass. to  get  more blood. horn. spell. see. heart. feed. Blood. A cabin, alone. A place not home. The mirror that serves. A face not hers. No crowd to watch. No heart to beat. No thought to save. No one to be. i exist as observed therefore every moment i am alone is a moment i am dead. That empty room. That stage, that grave. A place to rest. A place of rest. A place to be seen. The sun has set. > Fluttershy's Poem > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would that I were a bunny! Oh life would be so simple and funny! Seeing the scenes and eating my greens… Would that I were a bunny! And if it turned out I was a bear, I'm sure any pony I'd scare. But I never would, ‘cause scaring's no good… But that's just if I was a bear! Maybe if I was a toucan, I'd do everything that you can, Putting my mind to it, I'd think “you can do it!”... living my life as a toucan! And if ever that I were a giraffe, Oh, I'm sure that it'd be a laugh! I'd reach all the clouds and hear pegasus sounds… If ever that I were a giraffe! Well, I guess that I'm just a pony, Trying my hoof at some poetry. Spending my time and making it rhyme… Well, it ain't so bad being a pony!