The stand off

**Anime-Prince** · 03-23-2010 10:24 AM

Then they came, ready and willing to plunder
Their armour clashed like heavy metal thunder
The town went quiet as people stood still
Blacksmith in his shop, the miller in his mill

The soldiers crashed into buildings heavy, fast
Their swords clashed, they were built to last
The villagers tried to courageously fight back
But they were outmatched, this was a fact

What can people do against unaltered hate?
Can you climb up such a gradient slate?
Who do you turn to when there's nobody here?
Sometimes you lose those people to fear..

The remaining villagers began to flee
Nothing more here, but viciousness to see
One guy stood, however hopeless it seemed
He was fighting for freedom. And peace. His dreams..

He took his spear and collided with fate
Fought left and right, disarming such hate
Sweat ran down his neck, and his skin grew hot
He didn't listen to his muscles, he just wouldn't stop

He focused and let instinct show him the way
Wouldn't let his home burn, wouldn't run away
Scores of soldiers fell, into the dirt and the grass
But more kept coming, grains of sand forming glass

But just when everything seemed to be gone
A noise rumbled through the village, incredibly strong
Animals deep from the forest had joined this fight
This village had called upon natures might

The tigers, and leopards charged with intent
To defend the natural, to every extent
The elephants stormed through, large and proud
And crushed the metallic industrial soldier-crowd

The eagles dived and swooped inciting worry
The animals turned the tables in a flurry
The guy who stood alone and went toe to toe
Stood amazed, watching this new allied show

The animals had watched this human alone
Saw him fight to defend their home
So they helped out the weak and repelled the strong
Nature took up the fight.. to right a wrong

So when advancement comes
And threatens our land
Look who's watching
They might lend a hand
Nature looks after those
Who look after life
Like this guy
And the animals
Who fought that night..

**Kaname Shikara** · 03-23-2010 01:02 PM

Omg wow. This was an amazing story. One of my absolute favorite from you, it has so much meaning. So much to learn. This poem was so....I can't find any words for it! It's left me speechless. Very very well done, 10 out of 10 I'd say. ^^

**Anime-Prince** · 03-23-2010 01:56 PM

Thank you again, Kirako. You always have nice things to say about the poems I post. It makes it feel like they're worth writing. I guess in that sense.. you give my poems meaning. Thank you for that.

**Kaname Shikara** · 03-23-2010 02:23 PM

You deserve every bit of praise for your poems because they truly are that amazing. ^^

**Kirei Shijin** · 03-23-2010 03:55 PM

This was extremely well written, Anime-Prince! I loved it so much because it was very creative and it's unlike anything I have ever read. It seems like everything you write is so unique. Thank you for writing such a great poem/story. I feel like a more enlightened individual after just reading it once.

**Anime-Prince** · 03-23-2010 05:40 PM

Thank you very much! Can't believe you liked it that much, it means a lot to me. you've just made me smile- which is a hard thing to do.

**Kirei Shijin** · 03-29-2010 04:02 PM

Well, that's good.

**Anime-Prince** · 09-14-2010 06:36 PM

Thank you.

**SigmaSD** · 09-14-2010 06:55 PM

I guess you wrote this during the time when Sigma took long break from AF. Sigma will respond to poem, yes yes? *clears throat*

Once again, I have to say kudos on your rhyming; you truly deserve the title of poetry prince with rhyming such as this. I guess I liked this one a bit more than your other poetry not only cause of the symbolism, but also because it feels more like a story and the fact that I know this must have taken a while to write. The only thing that was a bit weird for me was the last stanza but the last line does bring it full circle and ends it with a bang.

I don't know if its just me, but the part where the animals join the fight kind of remind me of the movie "Avatar".