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A Nova Sonnet
They say: one night a child was born to Fire
Beneath strange stars to hold the power of Stars:
A source of great despair from great desire;
Unwitting cause of deep and lasting scars.

She fought, and loved, with spirit none could break
And yet she had a secret that was kept
From her, by Fire, for hers and others' sake--
And known too late. They say that Thunder wept.

They say she stood alone there at the last
And battled death and darkness for a dream
They say the brightest fire burns out too fast
(Starlight and candles on a silver stream)

And this is how they say things were and are:
A flower; a hope; a life; a death; a star.

A Hiko And Cosmos Sonnet
Now he is sleeping; I'm alone awhile
So I come here, away from what is ours
To dream of blue eyes and a sparkling smile
And stand here on the beach, and watch the stars.

I watch the sky: it is not only space
For space will only make me think of him;
I come here to escape. But in this place
The stars are fire to make the moon grow dim

And warm salt breezes play across my skin
And brush the palm trees, feather-soft and sure
I close my eyes and feel life stir within
And wonder what this world will be for her.

-Unfair, unfair- cries out a silent voice.
Forgive me, child; I had no other choice.

Jikan Tai Poem #1
For you there will be time enough
To learn, and use what you have learned
To do all you've been dreaming of
To play with fire--and to be burned
There will be time to grieve, for you,
And time for anger and for shame
There will be time to think it through
And realize you're not to blame
There will be time to find a voice
To curse or cry, or laugh, or bless
There will be time for chance and choice
For hope and hate and happiness
For all things stupid and sublime
There will be, even, time for love
You will have time to take your time;
For you there will be time enough.

A Rayden And Hiko MKK Sonnet
Do you recall when all the world was new
and we were young, and happy, and in love?
I still remember when we sat above
a mountain stream, and all there was, was you.

The years lie long between then and today
The rain falls on the ruins all around
And now the leaves lie withered on the ground
And now your smile is fading fast away.

It's all my fault; I have myself to blame
I should have known, when we and Lightning met,
somehow; then we would not be here tonight.
I would do anything to set this right--

By all the Realms and by the sacred Name,
Hiko, don't leave, not here, not now, not yet...

Rayden And Hiko Poem #2
The sun is sinking in a blaze of red
The day is done, and night is drawing near
She stands beside me; nothing need be said:
For now it is enough to just be here.

I like to watch the sunset now and then:
The river gleams and shimmers, mirror-bright,
And when the sun sets, we'll go home again
And close the windows and shut out the night.

It seems so long ago that I stood there
Beside that river, where I mourned my love
We two have passed through fire and deep despair
But what we're given now will be enough

And it will be all right, I know it will;
for fire burns bright, but love is brighter still.

Lindara Poem
If gods and mortals truly are the same
and if I know that now, then there is one
(gone back now to the place from which we came)
that I would thank for all that she has done.

She taught me what I needed to believe:
that there is no real difference after all
though they in time will fall like withered leaves,
like rain, like stars--for even stars must fall--

Yet so will we, in time, if not so fast,
and mortals understand that more than I:
They love, and hope, and fight unto the last
though knowing all their lives that they must die.

Because of that, they are no less than they
who do not die but only fade away.

Enter Celebria
 stage left, angsty...
Rejoined past hope, past death, past bitter loss
He runs from me to stand beside her there
A closeness I can never hope to share
A distance I will never dare to cross;

I am his friend: I have that much, no more,
If after this I still have even that
I thought I was what he was looking at
One time--but it was her, now and before.

I should have recognized the way things were:
That I was always outside looking in
That what I dreamed of never could have been
And she is his, and he belongs to her.

And there's a difference, which, I guess, I knew
Between the Truth and what I wish were true.

Paean For A Second Daughter
A smiling mother, and a baby who
Will have all joy that it is mine to give
It is a miracle that they both live;
One has been granted; I may not ask two.

The sun is setting on this world of our
Red, red like fire and like my lady's hair
And almost I can see another there...
The sky grows dark, and I can see the stars.

I will live day for day, and take each one
Not as a gift, for I have paid too high
To think of them as that; say rather, I
will take them as a prize: hard fought, hard won.

Praise the Creator; he has done his best
And may he in his mercy give us rest.

Rahne Sonnet
Wise Lady, there is something I don't see
And all the things I knew or thought I'd known
(though those are few) are of no help to me
Wise Lady, I am frightened, and alone.

And I have lost so much that I once knew
That I don't even know what I have lost
I only know what I am here to do
And that, I will, regardless of the cost.

Wise Lady, I will guard her if I can
But now the shadow of some darkness creeps
Across me like a black and evil hand--
But Hichan, lying here untroubled, sleeps...

She sleeps. She trusts the promise that I've made--
Wise Lady, help me now; I am afraid.

Lightning it is.
I am alone; the world I had is gone.
Gone, dead, destroyed, and not to be renewed
An empty, deathless dark without a dawn
Not even ghosts to fill my solitude.

I see a light where there's no light to see
Someone--I'm here! I'm here! I think he knows.
He's from a place I'm certain cannot be
But I can follow him to where he goes.

Then, darkness--an eternity of pain--
Then blinding light, and grass against my skin.
It's been so long, but I'm alive again.
He's here; I'll rest before I must begin.

Come, darkness; fill this world I've barely known.
Come, night; this time I will not be alone.

Raiko
The storm is at my back; the world is falling;
Small hands in mine--I will not let them go,
Stay close, stay close--where to, I do not know,
But through the night, someone, somewhere, is calling--

Whipped by the wind, our faces lashed with rain,
We stumble on amid the rising dark--
Then, suddenly, from far ahead, a spark:
The red sun setting on my world again.

I've failed. I've failed, and now we all must flee
The consequences of the death I've brought
On all of us, and all for what? For what?
I have betrayed my father's trust in me.

I take one last look at the dying sun:
My home--my family--what have I done?

Suyuan
He is my sorrow and the cause of it
My foolish, rash, impetuous younger son
So here in my green garden now I sit
And wait for them to tell me what he's done.

He has his father too much in his heart
And not enough of me; or is that vain?
He spends his time too much alone, apart
And here I sit and wait for news again.

I try; Creator knows how hard I try.
My elder boy is much less hard to love.
They say Shao Khan is evil now, but I
cannot believe it, by the Name Above.

He is my Rai, whatever he may do;
Creator help me, but I love him too.


© 2002 Omniversal Enterprises
*sniff* aren't those beautiful? *sniff* These poems are the property of Johinsa, and if you misuse them we will hunt you down and do various imaginative tortures to you. But feel free to print them out and read them aloud and attempt to get your English teacher to give them to the class to study.