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Silence. I am all alone in this lair,
Screaming at the uncaring darkness
Of my solitude, an imprisoned mare
At this hour, I mark one year less.

My elder sister always had her way,
Her arrogance dictated ambition
Every living thing was under her sway
Relegating my regal position.

But over time I developed with care
An inner, darker magic, the one spell,
That makes my form change to one of Night Mare
Complete, Make myself my sister's equal.

But Celestia is a cunning creature
My resort to brute force was no avail
But, even in this prison of dull feature
My resolve to defeat her will prevail

Looking at the mirrors that surround me,
I pondered on that earlier memory,
A time of innocence, subservience
All behind me, in this true deviance.

Seeing through the mirrors of this prison
A gaze upon Equestria's races
My own, Hidden, ideal panopticon
As I dote over my future subjects.

Regret choice of action ? I keep thinking,
Looking at mirrors, secretly plotting,
For an hour, then, ever year repeating,
A return to sleep, blissful dreaming.

The darkness grows as I close my eyes,
I will triumph, over my sister's lies.
:iconiristrismegistus:
First out of two poems I did for a poetry bundle on Equestria Daily.

(Longer description coming later)
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:iconbloodyfatalis:
These poems are bo-
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:iconjirachimuffinchurro:
~JirachiMuffinChurro Jul 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
let me get this straight, in season 1 episode 2, Celestia banished her sister to the moon for 1000 years and made Luna apologize? Nice poem btw
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:iconbloodyfatalis:
every story has multiple sides, all biased...
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:icond4ftp0ny:
~D4ftP0ny Nov 12, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
I like this very much; this sounds like something Nightmare Moon would carve on the wall of her prison. ^-^

I've been pondering the implications of what happened between Celestia and Luna after Luna returns to her normal self, and I go into it in a fic I'm writing currently- it's hard to imagine, especially because I don't see Celestia as the bad guy. I think they would both feel horrible about the past, maybe Luna most of all... but I think Celestia would wish she could have handled things differently.
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:iconardashir:
This sounds so very like Luna-as-Nightmare-Moon it's chilling. There's not enough good poetry in fan work; thank you for sharing this.
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:iconiristrismegistus:
Thank you for the comment.

I admit that I have more poetry I'll have to upload, eventually.
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:iconxanderfox:
the only real question, do you feel this is truth or just what Luna/Nightmare Moon believes?
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:iconiristrismegistus:
Its mostly what Luna believes, but there is a tinge of truth here and there. Celestia has often been called 'Trollestia', and she's 'slightly' responsible for her sister's transformation.
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:iconxanderfox:
Well I do feel the Trollesta stuff is a little over played. I see Celestia as a Chess Master type who simply refuses to sacrifice any "pawns", expect in the case were she fully informs them what's really going on and they agree to do it. But that said Luna wasn't in her right mind once she transformed, so she couldn't see her sister's actions for what they where.
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