Poemfic: Endless Waltz

[Smarty Cat]

I scribbled this down while waiting to meet some friends for dinner. There was not a lot of thought or planning put into it; it was more something simply to occupy the time, and Gundam Wing seems to be my fallback in-head movie even so many, many years later.

Title: Endless Waltz
Date Completed: September 2, 2009
Genres: General
Pairings: Heero/Relena-ish
Word count: 180
Summary: At the time and in the moment, it can be hard to recognize the things that will change us.

these are the moments that define us
that begin us

girl on a sunset beach
boy in the lapping surf
adrenaline, fear
wasted effort at life's ending
leading to a joint beginning
utter confusion
intrigue

staring across educational expanses
passing in hallways
invitation freely given most painfully refused
threat

through a haze of tears
kaleidoscope fragments of the world

horror, horror, horror
innocents dead
advocates dead
allies dead
all at boy's hand

boy's mistake, boy's penance
boy's life is not his to take
he claims too many others

girl resolved
to find reason
where reason is none
to restore order
where order is lost
to brave chaos and dissent
and stare down death
because death is welcomed
and understood
and wears a familiar face

to fight with firm eye and silver tongue
to waver and doubt and recover
to turn even surrender into defiance
to hope and dream and dare
to survive
to triumph
to meet again

to do it all over again

girl and boy
boy and girl
catalysts

at the time
defining moments lack definition of their own

[NenaKR]

I'm not usually a big fan of poetry, but this stanza:

"to fight with firm eye and silver tongue
to waver and doubt and recover
to turn even surrender into defiance
to hope and dream and dare
to survive
to triumph
to meet again"

Really caught my attention and made me stop and think. Thanks for this!

[Wingnut]

I'm not usually a big fan of poetry, but this stanza:

"to fight with firm eye and silver tongue
to waver and doubt and recover
to turn even surrender into defiance
to hope and dream and dare
to survive
to triumph
to meet again"

Really caught my attention and made me stop and think. Thanks for this!

It covers quite a bit in the show too.

Relena confronting Heero in episode 6
Heero destroying the shuttle with the Alliance leaders and his later goings about finding the family members for their verdict on his actions.
Self-detonating Wing Gundam in Siberia
Relena heading to Antarctica with Mrs. Noventa's letter
Heero resisting OZ even when the colonies have turned against him
Quatre and Heero breaking out of the holds of their initial encounters with the Zero system
Returning to Relena in the Sanq Kingdom

A lot covered in just a few lines, yet capturing the essence of the events perfectly.

[Smarty Cat]

Thanks for the comments. That stanza is the bit that most readers have seemed to focus on. It's been fun to see what the respective interpretations are regarding which series events correspond to those lines. Ambiguity certainly worked well here!