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Post by Eikou Hibiki on Sept 21, 2007 14:41:45 GMT -5
Where is the hero's place, once the evil has been slain? What is there left for him, when the world is good again?
Long forgotten by the people, he risked his life to save. His lonliness and his training, are his life until his grave.
He no longer has his sense of purpose, since the people have left him behind. He can hear the darkness beckoning, his vision fades as he grows blind.
"How could you let them do this to you"? Asks a voice inside his head. "You save them all and they abandon you"? "To them you're already dead"!
The hero's will, once unshakable, begins to weaken and to fade. His cause and his purpose once great, have his morals betrayed.
As the last ounce of light escaped from his heart, he shed a little tear. All that was light now becomes dark, and his vision becomes clear.
Once an angel, now a demon. His good heart now rotten with sin. If only the people hadn't forgotten, this great hero among men.
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Post by whitemagegalen on Sept 24, 2007 8:46:36 GMT -5
mmm i like it! It reminds me of Tennyson's Ulysses; if you're interested in reading it here's a link: www.victorianweb.org/authors/tennyson/ulyssestext.htmlI think that's a really interesting and timeless concept/ question, of what happens to a hero when their glory days are over-- even if they are sung into legend, it is their self that did the heroic act, not, generally their whole lives. And then there are modern heros like Ghandi and Dr. King, whose glory days have out-lasted their own.... hmm very thought provoking Eikou ^-^
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Post by Sokenfused on Sept 25, 2007 11:56:09 GMT -5
I've written a piece that follows the same line, but I must admit I think yours better. It reminds me of a Japanese saying that was used to describe the samurai after Japan began Westernizing. I can't quite remember the exact words, but it was something along the lines of "If a sword remains intact in its sheath, although its protected it will still rust, and inevitably break easily when the time comes to draw it once again." Good job though.
-Soken
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