Realms of Life

A long poem based on the mobile game, "Sky: Children of the Light"

I wake up to a new dawn

With a dream-like purple sky

I see mountains and caves to traverse through

I may be a child but I am an adventurous one

 

I walk up the steps in wonder

Filled to the brim with excitement and delight

At the thought of wandering into the unknown

There is no fear to deter me, only passionate curiosity

 

I encounter my first Child of Light

It offers me my first pair of wings

Which will allow me to fly and soar high into the pink clouds

Giddy, I thankfully accept its gift for me

 

With each step, I grow to be an explorer

I discern butterflies of light and glow

They charge me when I grow weary

Of the long journey I trudge, run, and fly through

 

I come across Spirits of Memory

Each with a story and past

With experiences to share with me

I live through each and every one of them

 

I wave them goodbye with a warm farewell.

As I trample over the dirt I look up

And glimpse at a long staircase, atop my gaze

settles at the last stop before my beginner days end

 

I have finished the first realm of life

And finally sit before the shrine

I bid good wishes to the Spirits of Memory I met

And see them join the stars of the first constellation

 

Goodbye to my beginner days

From here on out, I will evolve and change

From my dirt colored garb

Into a colorful dressed player in this game of Life

 

I walk through the big doors that were

Once shut to the yet ready me

I see a whole other realm

For me to explore once again

 

I arrive at my newfound destination

And see strangers both alike and different from me.

I have yet to decide if I should make friends

So, I go on my merry way

 

I see green pastures and clouds

With clear blue skies about me

I am eager once again to explore and discover

A yet travelled place

 

In the past

In a time long gone

I encountered candles and little flames

For me to harness which I dutifully collected

 

I see them now

Bountiful in number

I am ecstatic and run around in glee

As if I was a farmer, I harvest all the candles I can find

 

In the end after my awesome harvest

I met more Children of Light

I am now able to zoom and flap as much as I want

With a puffed-up chest, I pass through portals I find all over this realm

 

Here in this prairie of green, blue, and light

I encounter plants of darkness

I am shocked by their existence but learn

I can burn them away; I clean off Prairie’s darkness

 

The strong winds make it tough to get around

Being surrounded by clouds and all

But that is not enough to hinder me

From growing all the more

 

Reaching the shrine

Bidding farewells to Spirits of Memory

I am currently looking away from my childhood

And looking forward to my in-coming teenage life

 

The moment I open my eyes,

I am stupefied by the sight before me

I was not prepared to see gloom and shroom

I can feel the weight of dread settling at the bottom of my stomach

 

This Realm of Rain

A forest with no sunrays shining through

And only rain pouring over me

Taking away my energy and light is a nightmare

 

I can see myself burning out

Into white nothingness

Thankfully there are ways to charge myself back up

And places to take cover in to survive.

 

There is more darkness around that I burn away

Water that I must wade through frantically

And heights to reach

Naturally, I fail over and over again

 

But with each failure, I learn

I am now an experienced hunter

Ducking and taking and reaching

I am no longer a cowering baby

 

This Rainforest may have been harsh and cold and cruel

But it was a wake-up call to grow up from who I was before

It made me face dangers like evil crabs and said downpour

But now I’ve got experience under my belt and sleeves and light to shine

 

I finally build up myself into my breakthrough

I have matured, I have struggled

I wrestled and overcome my dark emotions

I have grown out of my old shell into a light and bright form

 

I calmly move onwards, putting at rest

My old trials and hurdles

In the blink of an eye I am surrounded

By almost blinding yellow and green

 

The new forest I am in with the same tall trees

Yet a different vibe is a forest with sunshine

And cheery illumination alight wherever I look

I am finally out of the dark tunnel and bathing in the light at its end

 

I go back home to retreat

To reap the seeds I sowed patiently

To receive my bountiful rewards of hard work

I gift myself with new clothes and new looks

 

I am delighted by my change in appearance

And proudly strut around for all to gaze upon

I look back to where I began in my brown garb

And pat myself on the back for all the effort I put into my growth

 

I look into the doorway

Of the Realm of Triumph

And rush in headfirst

There is nothing that can stop me

 

I see snow all around

A frolicsome winter wonderland!

I laugh and ebullient laugh aloud

My happy-go-luck self  slides down the slopes of snow

 

I enjoyed sliding and gliding my way around.

But quickly realized that to go back

To whence I came here would be difficult struggle

Looks like I was happy too soon

 

Despite being breathless from the cold

From the strong wind pushing me downwards

The downward tunnels feel like slides of fun

I am having the time of my life here I know I truly grew from before

 

My eyes see an ice rink

I slide down to the water beneath

And see numerous glowing jellyfish

What a sight to see!

 

I see that there are two roads laid before me

Both are races on the snowy earth and the clear skies

The earth holds structures scattered around flittered here and there

While the sky race shows me a sunset sky and beautiful structures of architecture

 

I aviate through the biting cold gale

And enjoy the clean air filling my lungs as I absorb the view

In both races

I reach Triumph’s shrine with candles circumjacent

 

I fire them up and watch the streaks of flames envelop me

Yet another happy harvest indeed

At my peripheral vision

Something catches my attention

 

I see a dark doorway, or better yet a dark path.

It piques my interest.

I wonder what I could find in its shadowy inner depths

I take a leap of faith and venture into it

 

There are torches alight, and I soon find myself in a dark maze

There is doorways and paths all around with little light to guide me

As I trudge around, I am suddenly hit.

I fall to the ground in shock

 

I look up and see myself surrounded

By dark crabs yet again

“Here we go again.”

I think to myself

 

I stumble and fight my way through

Until I fully explored the maze

I vamoose out of the dreary place

And focus my gaze onto the doorways of my newfound destination.

 

Truly life is both long and short

I have accumulated much experience

I have travelled far and accomplished much

I am nearing the end but have a long way to go still

 

I brace myself and go through the ominous

Greens and blacks

And hear thunderous windstorms

There are neither trees nor sunlight

 

This is worse than the gloomy Rainforest

I can feel fear gripping my throat

Hesitance in my movements

And doubt enveloping my mind

 

The fright I perceive is stronger than anything I felt from the past

I see now that I am past both my teen years

And the breakthrough of my young adult days

Here I stare at adulthood right at its face

 

I know there is nothing I can do

Staying where I stand any longer

I must take action

I stare down into a tornado, and jump off the cliff into it

 

I wake up and find myself

Face first into sand

I get up and look around

Why is it so eerily quiet?

 

With no path to guide me

No butterflies to charge me

No light to steer me

I can only move forward in trepidation

 

Time has passed

I see the usual crabs

But they have grown in number

Than anywhere else I have seen

 

My mood is sour but I push forth

Too stubborn to call it quits

I have received much help of course from strangers now friends

But I’d like to try my hand yet again on my own

 

On my tiring peregrination

I have seen the Forgotten Ark

Once dull and abandoned now filled

With merry lights and stalls of curious oddities and helpful things!

 

Now I face a ruined castle-like archway

I gulp down my anxiety yet again

I give myself a “you can do it!” peptalk

And move

 

The first sounds I hear

Is a roar and the sound

Of multiple clicking

I am not liking it at all

 

I see a beautiful white creature

A manta to be exact

Pure like those golden butterflies

I wonder what is it doing here in this vile place

 

Soon, alarms sound out as red light

Shines on the manta

I fearfully hide myself

And watch the unfortunate event

 

Soon, the origin of the roar and clicking

Eats the manta

I gasp in horror and sadness

I did not anticipate such an incident to take place!

 

I stare at the abominable creature

At once I knew what the rumors and stories I heard of

In passing about this not so Golden Wasteland Realm

Are all about, the creature I see is a dark dragon

 

I decided to step back home

And recruit some friends to help me

For this isn’t something I’m meant to alone

I need my friends with me

 

I am fortunately blessed to have made

An abundance of friends.

They who have guided and mentored me

And taught me everything they knew

 

With their help, we traverse the icky green world

Full of scary dragons and evil crabs of pain

I have now witnessed many terrible things

I am just glad I asked for help or I wouldn’t like what state I could have been in

 

I learned now from adulthood

From experiencing my mid-life crisis

That although as adults we must be capable and independent

It does not mean we cannot depend on others or ask for support at times

 

We reach the Vault of Knowledge Realm

And pass through the portal of hues of blue and black

This is where all the memories and knowledge of Life is stored in

Here you must have patience

 

Here you learn and cooperate with whoever you are with

So you can advance higher and higher

There I learned the story of those before me

And the history I could not piece together before

 

There I learned that this realm was not the end

It was there I learn that there exists one more destination

It is not anything like whatever I knew before.

There I will find death and life, it is Eden

 

I have not yet reached Eden nor its Eye in my current lifetime

You may have yet to reach it too

Falling red rocks, dragons and hardly anything

That could empower me

 

But you can definitely look forward to the end of such a terrifying place

Because you will find your kindness that will save

That will give life

And thus be reborn yourself

 

Henceforth I end my poem of adventures here

I hope to see you there in Eden

May we give up our life to save life

And be reborn again to be better than before, thank you and farewell, fellow Sky kid.

Reviews

[fishball]

Okay I'd be lying if I said I wasn't overwhelmed.
While reading this, I felt like I was reading an epic, full of adventures and different scenery.
I liked the analogy you made about the journey as if you were going through life.
All of the word choices made it seem more colorful and fun to read.
Each verse makes me imagine every realm vividly, unique from others with its own features.
Most of all, I loved how the friends were always there because it means you don't have to be alone in your journey. I also loved the last part about giving up our life to save a life. It's very refreshing to see something adventure-themed. All in all, it's a great poem and a good read!! :DD