Living Inside My Head

A poem for my all-time favorite anime character, Van Fanel from The Vision of Escaflowne. Child of wings and green splendour Born of twisting fate and predestination In your vein flows the blood of a fabled race Inhabitants of land, water and air. Days of cloudless childhood Ended so bitterly soon When one passed away And two vanished without any trace. A land of simplicity and hidden beauty Engulfed by flames and burned to the ground Blood awakens the heart of a sleeping dragon To fight for what's left and rule the majestic skies. Child of wings and green splendor Hands are blood-stained but your heart is wounded It conceals the pain of living alone In a dark and war-torn world. Everything was lost in the hands of a manipulated fate Hope came but it stood so far away One lost heart, always on its own It's still your will that determines the fate of this world.

When is the last time you believed in the power of the stars To grant your deepest wishes? When is the last time you felt the courage To trust the people around you? You always fight, was it for someone’s sake? But how many times have you fallen? Your thirst for conflict unable to be quenched By an oasis called peace of mind? Because you always push your self You lose sight of what is dear to you. But your gaze always seemed to look far away And I felt that I wanted to protect you. So many people, so many to care for A life full of love and adventures But I can’t seem to take my mind off you Why do I keep on worrying about you? I dreamed of white wings, they are so beautiful… They are the legacy of love between two different people So why do you keep them from the world? The way you keep your wounded heart from my eyes. When I fall in the deepest part of a crevice Will you spread your wings again and take my hand? Feathers falling in beautiful cascades...