New Poem for Story
Anyone following my work on FanFiction.Net probably knows that I'm writing a story for Naruto. It's a long story, over 25000 words so far, that'll likely end up being my second full-fledged novel. I've just finished the first section, and for the second section, which follows the main story of the series itself rather closely, I've written a new poem. A Linkin Park song, "Somewhere I Belong," was quoted for the opening of the first section; this poem will act as the quotation for the second. It's titled the same as the story itself.
Battered, shaken, godforsaken
All of your abuse we’ve taken
On our own; we’re left alone
Against the heartlessness you’ve shown
We stand in rain amidst our pain
Each step an agonizing strain
But through the years we face our fears
And blink away our unshed tears
If you all knew what we’ve been through
You would understand it, too
We can’t succumb; we must be numb
And ignore the beast we’re running from
We set our sight upon the light
Shining through our endless night
Our one ambition; our one mission
To see that glorious transition
To finally be fully free
To end our blindness and to see
That battlefield where we shall wield
Our gold-emblazoned sword and shield
We shall be that triumphant three
To show you what it is to see
Our home, our land, you’ll understand
That we have lent a helping hand
We love you all; we shall stand tall
And if you need it we shall fall
Upon the field where we shall wield
Our gold-emblazoned sword and shield
We’ll risk it all; just send the call
And in the end we shall stand tall
We three who’ve known a heart of stone
No longer are we left alone
We three have sown a bond of stone
No longer are we left alone
(The three in question are the three major characters in the story: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata, and Sabaku no Gaara)
Battered, shaken, godforsaken
All of your abuse we’ve taken
On our own; we’re left alone
Against the heartlessness you’ve shown
We stand in rain amidst our pain
Each step an agonizing strain
But through the years we face our fears
And blink away our unshed tears
If you all knew what we’ve been through
You would understand it, too
We can’t succumb; we must be numb
And ignore the beast we’re running from
We set our sight upon the light
Shining through our endless night
Our one ambition; our one mission
To see that glorious transition
To finally be fully free
To end our blindness and to see
That battlefield where we shall wield
Our gold-emblazoned sword and shield
We shall be that triumphant three
To show you what it is to see
Our home, our land, you’ll understand
That we have lent a helping hand
We love you all; we shall stand tall
And if you need it we shall fall
Upon the field where we shall wield
Our gold-emblazoned sword and shield
We’ll risk it all; just send the call
And in the end we shall stand tall
We three who’ve known a heart of stone
No longer are we left alone
We three have sown a bond of stone
No longer are we left alone
(The three in question are the three major characters in the story: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata, and Sabaku no Gaara)