Why Do You Weep?
by
Stephanie Quee
(Age: 22)
copyright 04-12-2006
Age Rating: 1 to 127
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Moon Princess
Why do you weep so?
"Because my King has perished,
My friends and guardians are gone,
And my Mother died to save me."
Fear not, dear Princess
For although those you love have all gone away,
They will always be there for you,
Protecting you,
Guiding you,
And returning for you
Whenever you are in need.
So dry your tears, My Queen
And know that you are loved,
No matter what,
You are never
Alone.
*Author's note: This is the poem I wrote that was published in Invoking the Muse by The International Library of Poetry in 2004. I dedicate to Moonies everywhere.
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A sweet, sweet dedication to those of us Moonies out there who truely do love Sailor Moon!
It must be wonderful to get to see your writing in the pages of a book! Someday, I hope to get something of mine published. But I just don't think I'm ready for it.
This is a great poem! And I love the picture that you chose for it, too!
I really hope that you put up another poem for me to read sometime!
Greetings Stephanie. I should have read this long ago, but I suppose that this can be counted as a buried treasure. That and the academic life of college, but that is not important right now. What IS important is reading and reviewing this. And the first impression is fairly good.
I would say that you captured the essence of the Moon Princess' situation with this. She has lost everything she held dear: her King, friends and guardians, even her mother. It seems that you wrote this in the manner of a recent loss rather than a tragedy that happened long ago. Not that it is a bad thing, but I found that to be of interest... whatever the time frame, this poem shows that even royalty is not immune to having and expressing human emotions. In showing this, you also capture the tragedy of the situation by showing that out of all the people mentioned she carries the burden of being the sole survivor.
When you mentioned that the dead still watched over her, it was kind of inspiring and heart-warming. To know that even death cannot prevent people from caring about you must be quite comforting. If there is one major flaw in this, it is that you did not go into enough detail concerning what happened. Did she witness the said people dying or did the Moon Princess somehow gain knowledge about it after the fact? I am somewhat familiar with the storyline of Sailor Moon, but it has been several years since I have last watched the episodes concerning the fall of the Moon Kingdom and I have forgotten a lot.
Overall you did a fairly good job with this. Perhaps you will write another poem some time in the future. If you ever do, I will stop by and comment on it.
This piece is totally beautiful.
Reading it fills the reader with a sense of inspiration and warm-heartedness. The words were well chosen and well placed.
I don't know anything about Sailor Moon, but I do know something about this poem... It's awesome. I totally felt what you were saying and I can also use it in my life. Good Job
This is great1 I love Sailor Moon, but one this I might suggest is that you always refered to her as "princess", but at the end you called her your "Queen". I think you should stick with "princess"
Shannon
Welcome !
