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Justice Reborn (Free verse) by heartlessempath
From the dusts of time,
You emerged.
Destined to be more then what you
Wanted.
Some sad and doomed little girl,
Taking up the sword to
Protect those who
Could not, would not
Protect themselves.
Blindfolded, you did not see what
You were protecting.
You never saw
Exactly what it was
You had saved.
And now, so many years later, it occurs to you
That maybe, you had saved a monster
Justice, please
Lay down your swords
Thereâs no need for you here
And, I just.
I canât fathom why you havenât
Rusted away from neglect
The scales are
Gone, the chains
Holding the balance broke
Long, long ago.
Blind Justice,
Stand and protect
Do you ever wonder when
Everyone ceased
To need you?
Youâre a myth to us.
Justice.
This archaic nobility
Only a remnant of something
We lost the capability for
Long, long ago.
Well.
Now that youâre gone
Nothing real remains
To take your place
Fill the void.
Would you return?
Iâve discovered
Just how hard it is
To carry on without something
Thatâs always been.
Justice, rejoiningâ¦
Itâs been hard, I know.
Trying to forget the atrocities youâve seen.
Thatâs what that blind fold is for
I canât imagine the things you would realize
Were you to take off the blinds youâve worn for so long.
So youâre trapped in concrete gloom,
With broken swords, blinded eyes, and no way out of
This labyrinth of gears, blood, and mad laughter.
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Arithmetic Mean: 8.666667
Weighted score: 6.8333335
Overall Rank: 342
Posted: November 11, 2003 10:38 AM PST; Last modified: November 11, 2003 10:38 AM PST
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Some of the line breaks seem not to help though, and serve mostly to remind that this really is a collection of paragraphs within a larger story - with a rushed ending.