So, why "Light, Power, Force"? Well, those were the words that Atrus carved into his battery in theBook of Atrus.Those words just caught my interest and, after a little bit of thinking, I noticed how they fit for the entire series (up to that point- seeing as it was written pre-Revelation.) Because of that, this poem was born. May you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
Miveen
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Light, Power, Force
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Light
It began as
A dream
A tiny shimmer of hope
Deep in a cave
Hidden away
From the world
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Power
One little word
Etched out
Onto a blank page
In blackest ink
Opening up
Horizons
--
Force
It overtook
Killed all
Fashioned in vengeance
Against a man
A human wife
A whole race
--
Light
The blank desert
With stars
Welcomed them back home
Gave them back life
Deep in a gash
In the earth
--
Power
Memories lived
And pride
Survived in the shape
Of an angry
Boy, running back
Away...down
--
Force
It returned to
D'ni
Pride, anger and power
Knowledge comes through
Only insane hate
Writing more
--
Light
One death is for
One life
He is born who might
Fill prophecies
But is given
Angry words
--
Power
He sees "The Whole"
And learns
Also of a world
Told to be dead
But it calls him
Will he go?
--
Force
Instead it comes
For him
Through the figure of
A white haired ghost
His father shows
Him D'ni
--
Light
A dying Age
Breaking
She called it Riven
One step farther
Away from all...
Toward all
--
Power
Love slowly grows
A gift
A strength before unknown
For old and young
It aids, it writes
New Ages
--
Force
Terrible wrath
And hate
Against the son
But such anger
Cannot help in
Rebuilding
--
Light
The Myst book is
Given
A safe haven
To give them peace
A rest for a
Short while
--
Power
They held an Age
A world
All of those therein
Under control
One- pure power
Other-pure greed
--
Force
Revenge for deaths
Comes swift
Through red and blue books
Trapped is evil
Payment for their
Immense crimes
--
Light
It falls to earth
Through stars
It is the Myst book
One Stranger is
Called to find it
Destiny
--
Power
What could have been
Is gone
Abandonment on
An Age of his
Own creation
Power lost
--
Force
They break open
A door
Noise breaks the stillness
Light breaks the dark
To build again
Ruined walls
--
Light
Call survivors
Return
D'ni breathes again
Aid in the growth
Illuminate
They move back
--
Power
Another Age
Not dead
But hiding secrets
The once unseen
Begin to die
And are seen
--
Force
Fighting cannot
Win out
Just as rebuilding
Cannot be done
In the ruins
Releeshahn
--
Light
A second chance
For him
Her name means laughter
One bright smile
And there is hope
Once again
--
Power
Her darkness has
Vanished
Humility crushed
Power is hers
And she will take
All she wants
--
Force
Death overtakes
Great pain
A terrible blow
Yet once again
The humble ones
Still survive
--
Light
It calls again
New ones
Come from the desert
Go down to the
City, Uru
Lives again
--
Power
The DRC
Is not
Part of the great plan
With clouded views
They must leave the
Cavern
--
Force
The new Journey
The Path
All leading to her
Foreseen Grower
The Desert Bird
Prophecies...
--
Light
It began as
A dream
Idea in the dark
Then it grew large
Changed many, spread,
Molded lives
--
Power
A D'ni word
In black
On a pure white page
Links far away,
Linking end to
Beginning
--
Force
It continues
Moving
Urging the city
To always grow
And others
To learn more
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Light, Power, Force