Written by Tai, to Yang.
You combust - you glow! Slow-filling the air,
with the kind of rare and head-turning, sight-giving,
long-living, fight-winning ferociousness;
That straight-forward bluntness of will which tends to kill any threat with precision,
but leaves you with tunnel-vision...
I knew one day it would come; you'd exit that tunnel,
and find yourself utterly unprepared -
stared in the eyes
by a surprise, ending in a blade; throwing shade upon
the flames and revealing your dismay
between what's been taken, and what remains.
Some paths lead around, not through!
So many times I wanted to tell you,
holding my tongue, unwilling to dampen the young
enthusiasm and rabid curiosity, unable to curtail
the velocity with which you hit
the slender steel stop-sign.
Now get off that couch-
I can't bear to see your wick unlit!
Sitting with empty eyes belying the guise of someone
who has seen better times. I know now as I knew then,
you will burst aflame again!
To hear the buzzing of your bee as you left,
The empty Atlesian box, the front door left unlocked,
It brought me back...
Though unshocked, I still need to remember,
To take stock of everything that we've taught her;
She is, after all, her mother's daughter...
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RWBY: pOum
PoetryA collection of poetry based on each character of the series RWBY by Monty Oum. Each poem is written from a specific character's point of view within the canon story. Cover photo courtesy of Guardian Blade - https://aminoapps.com/c/infjsanctuary/pag...
