Tales of the Heart [Poetry by XaiakuX]

[XaiakuX]

Greetings!


In this thread you will find writings of poetry all written by me.

"Tales of the Heart" is simply a title, and not all of these poems will be of love or related subject matter. I just needed something catchy to get you to click on the thread. It appears to have worked.

Since I don't need to remind you of PxR's Rules, I'll progress with a short list of poems written recently because I had a bit of spare time, and I wanted to write. I am open to criticism on the aspect of writing. The beauty of my writing is that it is open to the imagination. I desire to make it to where a person could relate to it in their own way.

Also, don't worry, I know I usually have crazy catch graphics in the threads I post. I'll be working on that very soon.


Poems List:

A Moment of Eternity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=109665&viewfull=1#post109665)
A Little Room With A Dying Light (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=109696&viewfull=1#post109696)
Nothing Is What It Seems (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=110104&viewfull=1#post110104)
The Lady Hel (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=110723&viewfull=1#post110723)
Sometimes (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=112035&viewfull=1#post112035)
Mischievous Influence (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4622-Tales-of-the-Heart-Poetry-by-XaiakuX&p=112045&viewfull=1#post112045)
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Remember that these are written by me, and I own them. Plagiarism is against the law, so if you like it a whole bunch, and you want to use it, it'd be wise to ask me for permission first. Much thanks, and enjoy reading!

[XaiakuX]

A Moment of Eternity

Her eyes are a sentence

A story of fear and bliss
Brown like the swirling fluid milk chocolate

An industrial entity of happiness
Before it hardens into the sweet treats which we enjoy

A dream of joy in a gelatinous lie
A hint of green around the irises

A field of emptiness and deception
Calm and soothing to contrast the inner chaos

An inner war that refuses to see an end

Beauty. By definition, her eyes need no description

For the story tells itself
A cheesy phrase turned irrevocable truth as it leaves my lips

Out of an insatiable lust for affection
'I require a map, for I am lost in the story that your eyes tell'

A line which masks inner self loathing and desperation
A smirk. To most, a signalling that failure is imminent

To others, a witless joke
To me, yet another story to be told

A tale of insecurity and false hope

They say that the eyes are the window to the soul

They speak the only truth that matters
We all have our demons, yet her soul was one of peace

Peace is the greatest lie of humanity
As if time stood still to allow me to hear her story from within

An entity of imagination as reality stood in awkward silence
All of this in a single moment. A moment of eternity

While our eternity is but a blink in the eye of father time
"..What?" She breaks the silence to begin this saga

Confusion caressed by hesitant confrontation
After? A journey that has yet to be written

A story unable to be told for it progresses yet still

Laugh, smile and love. Enjoy these precious moments

You never know which moment will truly be your last

This wasn't written about a person I know, but about a character. A character that I created written by another character that I created. A story, to me, of the joys and fears of falling in love. I also can't get over how cheesy that line is. I know it's kind of short, but I hope you enjoyed reading it. Much thanks. =]

[Dragon Master Mike]

Not only did I really like your poem, but it looks super cool how you did it with the different colors and such.

[XaiakuX]

Not only did I really like your poem, but it looks super cool how you did it with the different colors and such.

Hey! I really appreciate it, man. The idea was to tell the same story from an optimistic point of view and pessimistic point of view. Hence the joys and fears of falling in love. I had to make it clear which side was which, so I changed the colors. xD

[XaiakuX]

A Little Room With A Dying Light

A little room with a dying light

An inner war and unyeilding fight

A struggle untested, a fearless might

The soul fading from the once bright

It would never make it through the night

It would never survive the blight

It would never hear their plight

A little room with a dying light

Inside we burn with undying fire
Lusting and yearning with intense desire
A feeling so strong we cannot hide
We hold on so tightly until we've died


Shine little bulb and show us all
Show the room from your glass ball
Feed us warmth from your fragile globe
Then burn us all when you explode

Outside we're firm and hard as stone
We aren't afraid to be alone
We show our strenght and continue on
Although all we love is dead and gone


Endure little room with your lasting size
Hold strong while your dwelling dies
Stay true while it all gets burned alive
Stand strong as death grows and you survive.


Stand in a room with a dying light

We all stand in a room with a dying light

Everyone stands in a room with a dying light

A little room with a dying light

Style wise, this poem is meant to be dark. Not so much graphic, because it's all mental. The mind, however, can be far more gruesome than anything reality can provide. I believe anime in general is proof of that. You should see the paper I originally wrote this on. It's messed up.

[Suicune's Fire]

I enjoyed the first one, but I wasn't sure if I was supposed to read the red text and then the blue immediately after, line after line. At first I thought it wasn't meant to be read that way, but after I finished the red one and moved onto the blue one, I was like, "Oh, oops, this corresponds." xD So I reread it. You spelled "awkward" wrongly. I liked the poems. ^^ It was a really cool (pun intended...for the blue font...) contrast to the other side.

For the second poem, for me, "hide" and "die" do not rhyme. Being really critical, in the first part, the line "The soul fading from the once bright" is slightly awkward because "the" would be capitalised on. For the poem as a whole, I enjoyed it. I did see the dark element as I read it. It sounds a lot to me like a war of some sort. o:

Nice poems, dude. ^^

[XaiakuX]

I enjoyed the first one, but I wasn't sure if I was supposed to read the red text and then the blue immediately after, line after line. At first I thought it wasn't meant to be read that way, but after I finished the red one and moved onto the blue one, I was like, "Oh, oops, this corresponds." xD So I reread it. You spelled "awkward" wrongly. I liked the poems. ^^ It was a really cool (pun intended...for the blue font...) contrast to the other side.

For the second poem, for me, "hide" and "die" do not rhyme. Being really critical, in the first part, the line "The soul fading from the once bright" is slightly awkward because "the" would be capitalised on. For the poem as a whole, I enjoyed it. I did see the dark element as I read it. It sounds a lot to me like a war of some sort. o:

Nice poems, dude. ^^

I've fixed all the typos. Considering I was on a laptop that didn't point out my typos as I made them (apparently ubuntu is a jerk), only having what... two? That's pretty solid writing. xD

[XaiakuX]

Nothing Is What It Seems


What is love but a dream
What is death but a nightmare
What is love but a nightmare
What is death but a dream
Valid questions with a single answer
Nothing is what it seems

What is love but a dream
A heart ready to burst open at the seam
A longing for acceptance we all feel
The desire to make that feeling real

What is death but a nightmare
Sinister figure with an icy glare
Skeletal frame with the scent of a corpse
Brings you closer by will or by force


What is love but a nightmare
What happens to the passion we share
Why is it already dead and gone
Shattered like darkness by the break of dawn

What is death but a dream
Grim and cold, yet so inviting
Does this entity wish me harm
Or is that part of its unnatural charm

A dream can be a nightmare
A nightmare can be a dream
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing is what it seems


I wrote this based on the title that I gave it. Because I feel like there are two side to everything. What you see and what you want, and what is real and what you end up with in the long run. Sometimes those things can end up being one and the same, other times it can be a horrible disaster waiting to happen. It's just one of those things I think about before I go to sleep.

[Suicune's Fire]

I really enjoyed this one, probably most of all. I like that you challenged each idea twice, then dissected the challenge and flipped it on its head. xD It's cool. I think it was worded really well, with the excepting of "dream" not rhyming with "inviting." Normally that might not matter, but you were rhyming everything else. xD The only other error is your use of "it's" with that apostrophe when it should be "its" because you're using it in a possessive context.

Nice writing, man. B) I enjoy it.

[XaiakuX]

I really enjoyed this one, probably most of all. I like that you challenged each idea twice, then dissected the challenge and flipped it on its head. xD It's cool. I think it was worded really well, with the excepting of "dream" not rhyming with "inviting." Normally that might not matter, but you were rhyming everything else. xD The only other error is your use of "it's" with that apostrophe when it should be "its" because you're using it in a possessive context.

Nice writing, man. B) I enjoy it.

Inviting and dream can rhyme. It depends heavily on the flow and the way you enunciate the words in your head or aloud. For instance saying these words by themselves "in-vi-ting" and "dream" don't flow and it's awful. But mush "in-vi" into one syllable and add the "a" next to dream. "invi-ting" "a-dream". It sounds correct in my head. xD

In this aspect I suppose it is rather confusing. The other error is totally my bad, and thus corrected. Thanks for reading. <3

[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.