I know most of you people don't care much about Shanghai, because it is a World Tour area. But…well, I love that place, basically because of the background music. Yep, background music inspired Blood of Magic (Door to the Sharenian Castle music) and Hands of the Clock (Clocktower music), and now, the Shanghai background music has inspired a poem from me. Enjoy!
Song of Shanghai
Rising, dancing tunes of flame
Bays by sunning streets
Roads that shine with radiant fame
Never-ending beats
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Rays upon the field of sky
Bright paths paved with light
Down the road, the petals fly
Pavements left and right
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Rooster crows that signal dawn
Pink skies filled with wind
Flaring fiery sky torn
Fading blue, white-rimmed
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Lively markets down the way
Men sell goods at stalls
Weapons, clothes, a wide array
Tempting bargain calls
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Crossing past, out of the bridge
Challenge waits before
In the plains, a rising ridge
And a windswept floor
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All, throughout, the song remains
A city from the sun
Bright sea city, distant plains—
A tune that has begun.
Haha, over-exaggerated, as are all my poems. But hope you liked it anyway. I rushed I seriously, and it took me around half an hour, typing inclusive (and by the way, whenever I state the time it took for me to finish a poem, it's inclusive of typing).
Rhyming this thing was very hard. I asked my father for help, and he gave me the word "fly" for the second stanza.
I decided to turn this into a chaptered fics. Simply called "Songs" now, it's going to be a collection of poems about different places in MapleStory, all inspired by the background music. Some of these paces may not be familiar because they're only present in MapleSEA (I think), so I apologise. But still, enjoy!
I don't really understand the Forgotten and Warped Path, and all the monsters there. But I believe that the monsters are trapped against their will. (That's what I believe, might not be true). The Clocktower is a sad place, to me. But it's still my favourite place in the whole of Maple.
Song of the Clocktower
Ringing, ringing, endless sighs
Misty voices calling
Chimes and whispers, held from skies
Gentle moonshine falling
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Pendulums swing swift away
Flying through dim light
Clock hands tick, the seconds sway
Day fades into night
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Somehow, somewhere deep within
Singing thoughts aloud
Mournful, lost, or bent by sin
Ghostly stirs of cloud
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Ever-moving, ever-lasting
Weathering each year, each year
When, at last, the blades are rusting
Still the tower bell rings clear
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How long waiting, how long here
How long have these bright walls stood?
Every sound, each shining tear
Falls to glass to sigh and brood
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Chime, chime. The voice is strong
Trapped yet free, a blessed curse
Held fast by the time-old song
Heartbeat of the universe.
Understood that? I think this one is not as good as Song of Shanghai.
Now let me advertise something else I wrote! Read Hands of the Clock by me (Absol Master)! Thank you.
Third song of this fic! You should have guessed that this place was coming.
Song of Sharenian
Windy, whirling mountain sounds
Peaks that sing a tale
Sunlight piercing once-dead grounds
Dead leaves ride the gale
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Down the slopes, beyond the cries
Towers cut the clouds
Once lost, now unearthed to skies
Sand now unenshrouds.
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Hold your breath and tread in deep
Enter guarded gates
As, through cracks, the cold wind seeps
Twine with spirits' fates
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Echoes, echoes…calling soft
Every sigh a song
Each dead voice is held aloft
Calling, decades long
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Years stretch into centuries
Strong walls crack with age
Waiting for the wind-washed screes
To resound their rage
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Fury? Sadness? Song or cry?
Time outlines the walls
Never rest, 'revenge', they sigh
Still unheard their calls.
Not so good. If you didn't understand, it doesn't matter.