Contest:Character Poetry Contest/Mavis - Hyu

Hyu
 A Lily's Vision  by: Mavis Alberona



 Darkness' grim hand, pulling underneath

Can this vision see her garden breathe?

Lies of family's rotting blossom to never believe,

Until eternal rest on this lily's heart is to cleave.

Subconscious thoughts, creating weeds on lily's stem and leg,

Conscious thoughts, haunting and making it beg.

Poisonous ivy, attempts of pushing off vision's sanity,

Jewelweed of bliss, far off the garden path; find it in overwhelming pity.

Years passing, winter kept winning the lily's life thread,

No vision of spring, no vision of renewal, no vision of happiness instead.

The wilted farmer's stick, incoming; terror reaches the lily's mind,

Hopes of frosty winter melting, seconds to spare, before her thoughts to be in bind.

By miracle of a lotus' petal, shifted hazy vision,

Eyes of the lily, turned to its stem, and fled with her scion.

Sol appears on glorious cloak; frosted world melted away,

Offered shining, incombustible hand to fragile leaves; kept danger at bay.

Life anew, lily's pot brought to safer haven,

But yes, footprints of the past being washed away, never craven.

The vision has finally broken free from the grim hand.

What awaits her is a boundless garden; light of heaven, forever grand.

 "Life didn't treat me the way a happy person should be. My life was as cold and miserable as the icy season of winter. It was always winter. It was all lies, wrong accusations; dreams of fiends, and even real ones. I was the scapegoat. I never hoped that the warm greeting of spring will come. But I have to find myself. I have to gain the will to find the garden of happiness, and bloom to be a fully-grown and healthy flower. And from there, the warmth and light of the sun shone upon me, and saved me from my misery. Now, I am here, the rightful place... the rightful garden, where my new life will begin, where spring will happen. Lord Apollo, thank you for bringing me here. These visions will never haunt me now, for this garden nourishes me... and will do until I breathe my last."

- Mavis Alberona

Notes: The quotation above is the in-character explanation of Mavis' poem. From an out-of-character's perspective, it is about the miserable past of Mavis. It tells about the lies of her uncle, the day where he killed her sister, Abbensy, and their mother. It tells about her repeated dreams of monsters and scary things, which hinted that she is gifted with the sight. It tells about how she hoped that her life will get better, and that it finally happened when she was rescued by Apollo. She thanks him for bringing her to camp, where her new life—spring—will happen. It is a poem of transition from darkness to light, bad to good, lies to truth, loss to fullness, depression to amusement, and despair to hope.