Tales of the Heart [Poetry by XaiakuX]

[Suicune's Fire]

Ahaha maybe it's an accent difference because no matter how I say it, it won't rhyme with dream. It's like trying to rhyme "crease" with "miss." They're similar but too different to rhyme in my opinion.

Hehe. <3 No worries. ^^ I quite enjoy your poems!

[XaiakuX]

The Lady Hel

She sits upon her throne
Dwelling in the shadows

Waiting

Tall, pale, and cold as a winter's night
As if death had taken her

She is above death and beyond it

She is neither dead nor living

O' child of Loki

Mistress of the dead

Captor of souls

Goddess of damnation

I do not fear you or your wrath
Only the idea of death itself

Bear upon me thy great fury
For I am drawn to your grace

A divine and unholy form you take
A longing for you, temptation rises

I am stricken

Cursed to long for what will never be

Bring the fury of Asgard

Bring the fury of Jötunheimr

The Lady Hel

Child of Loki

Keeper of the damned

I love you

For I am your willing servant

I hate you

For you will never be mine

Okay so I decided to be a little creative here with word placement and styling. I wrote this completely different on paper because I didn't like the original concept. The Lady Hel is Norse equivalent to the Greek's Hades and Christian's Lucifer. This is obviously a love letter to the Goddess, yet brings a note of self realization that the person is smaller than he realizes. This is just how I see it, anyways. That's the beauty of it, getting your own ideas from what you read. Thanks for reading. =]

[Ganyu]

Ooh I love The Lady Hel, it sounds like it came out of the Poetic Edda itself. I love the stylized words, they somehow brought the poem out in a way I cannot comprehend (probably because I've never explored such styles) nor describe. Also, I think there's an "in" missing in the line "Dwelling the shadows". I could be wrong, though. I like how the persona doesn't fear Hel, but fears death - the door to her realm. I'm not sure if the irony was intentional but it reinforced this never-to-be satiated longing. Or I'm just over-analyzing. XD

Hope to see more~ (I've actually been haunting this thread but only mustered enough courage to post lol xD)

[XaiakuX]

Ooh I love The Lady Hel, it sounds like it came out of the Poetic Edda itself. I love the stylized words, they somehow brought the poem out in a way I cannot comprehend (probably because I've never explored such styles) nor describe. Also, I think there's an "in" missing in the line "Dwelling the shadows". I could be wrong, though. I like how the persona doesn't fear Hel, but fears death - the door to her realm. I'm not sure if the irony was intentional but it reinforced this never-to-be satiated longing. Or I'm just over-analyzing. XD

Hope to see more~ (I've actually been haunting this thread but only mustered enough courage to post lol xD)

I took a lot of influence from the Poetic Edda. I have always been fascinated by the Norse Mythos. Don't be surprised to see more of this in the future. As far as the lack of 'in,' that was indeed a typo. Good catch. Thanks for reading, but boo for lurking. </3

It was was a toss up between a love letter to Hel or a romanticized telling of Loki's influence over mortals, as it is actually meant to be. Considering Loki is the father of an eight legged horse, a few blood thirsty wolves, the Nordic Satan, and a serpent that destroys the world.

I may still actually do the Loki poem if I'm feeling froggy.

[XaiakuX]

Sometimes

Sometimes I like to hide
Be shut away from the world
Be forgotten

Sometimes I need it to survive
To keep myself together
To breathe

Sometimes it's okay to be alone
To search your soul and find yourself
To learn

Sometimes you need your space
Run free from the day to day norm
To escape

Loneliness can be a virtue if you wish it
It's okay to be by yourself
Because no one is closer to you than you
Love thy self

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A short poem about loneliness. Over the past, I'll say decade, I've found myself in this scenario more often than not, and I've gotten so used to it that. I prefer it to being around people. Although these past couple of years have actually started to change all that. I'm going out more, taking more risks, and being more open towards people. However, I know that if it all comes crashing down around me, I'll still have myself, and in the end, that's all a person really needs in order to bounce back.

That's just how I feel, anyways. Thanks for reading. <3

[XaiakuX]

Mischievous Influence

Laced with poison your words escape your lips
Ever intoxicating and dangerous to hear
They grab at me ears with a touch that chills my every bone
Words of PROMISE

Words of DESIRE

Words of CONTROL

Words of FEAR

They suffocate me until I trust them completely

Your smile lingers in my mind, mischievous and cruel
Unrelenting and sinister, as my will becomes your toy
As if I were a marionette, and you a skillful puppeteer
Like butter I would melt entirely to your whim
My God

My King

My Lord

My Master

For I am a man, and men to gods are like ants to boots

For a man's will, mine stands stronger than most
I fight to no avail against the might of your control
I am an unwilling nor wanting servant to a child of Jötunheimr
I am forced to carry your burdens, unable to change my fate
O' Loki

Laufey's Son

Silver-Tongued Deity

Trickster of the Gods

Your words have manifested and stricken me like a disease

Child of the violent Fárbauti, you may seize Midgard
Humans are feeble towards your prowess of control
You may crush humanity beneath your mighty boot
Loki the terrible, Loki the great, Loki the prankster
Father to Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent

Father to Hel, Keeper of the Damned

Father to Fenrir, Slayer of Odin

Mother to Sleipnir, The Eight-Legged Stallion

Your destined demise is yet carved into the stone

My words are like poison as they escape my lips
Yet the words that expel are not mine to speak
My tongue is twisted and controlled by he who wills me
The one I praise and fear

The one you must praise and fear

The one all will praise and fear

Loki's will be done

Our God and true ruler will remain eternal over Midgard

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In truth, this definitely took a lot of revision. I originally based this off of Marvel's version of Loki. Due to people being able to relate to Tom Hiddleston's portrayal in a few of the verses. However, the Norse God Loki actually wasn't "evil." He was just cruel and seductive, so I chose him over the comic book villain. I actually wrote in Thor and Asgard many times, but Loki and Thor aren't even adoptive brothers in the old stories, so I opted to remove a lot. That's to explain to those who may not understand.

Now to explain the poem itself. In the beginning I attempted to romanticize Loki's power over humans, and how easy it was for him to control them. Then when met with resistance, and warned of his demise, he takes over completely, and removes the man entirely. Loki, though playful in meaning, is very incapable of taking what he dishes out, which is why his punishments are so severe. I felt the need to make that present in this poem. I was going to make it longer, but I ended up getting a bit of a creative block, so I left it as is.

A few footnotes to add in:

Laufey, portrayed as king of the frost giants in the Thor movie, is actually incorrect. Laufey is actually a woman, and is the mother of Loki. (His father is actually Fárbauti, who still isn't a king of any sort.)

"Does that say 'Mother' to Sleipnir?" Yes it does. In this instance, Google is your friend. Also, to justify Marvel's Laufey hiccup, Odin is the master of Sleipnir. Marvel did it right. Also, Fenrir does kill Odin, whilst also devouring his own kin in Sleipnir. Norse mythos is actually very dark and twisted. That should explain a little of the madness of Vikings.

[Dragon Master Mike]

I must say that those with the Norse mythology are very interesting. I mean that in a good way.

[XaiakuX]

The Future

In this world, we live
We all struggle to survive
In this world, we die

We face challenges
We fight for our right to live
We conquer our foes

Stand firm and fight on
We exist as the future
Together we're strong

The young will prosper
The old will perish in time
Past fades to future

Those who came before
Your respect is well since earned
May you rest in peace

Dude, I can't do a haiku. Those things suck. For those of you who can do it. Kudos, I'm proud of you for being so patient. Considering I have to sit there and count the syllables to make sure I didn't screw anything up, I'm kinda glad I managed five verses. Anyways, thanks for reading. <3

[Ganyu]

Well, while you can't do haikus, you can pull off rhyme (which I cannot for my life execute well) so kudos to you in that aspect. x3 Great effort on the haikus~

[XaiakuX]

Well, while you can't do haikus, you can pull off rhyme (which I cannot for my life execute well) so kudos to you in that aspect. x3 Great effort on the haikus~

Well, as a rap artist, rhyming is easy and nearly effortless. Also as a rap artist, it's easy for me to rhyme words that don't normally have words to rhyme with through enunciation and abuse of syllables. For instance, I can make orange rhyme with revenge. "Oh-renge" "Ree-venge" Not that I would ever actually do that because that sounds dumb. But this is an example. XD

I appreciate the comment! Thank you.