Within this story world there is a book of poetry/collected sayings of people who have traveled through the depths of space. This book is called "Verses from the Void." The name is taken from the first entry in the book, written by a dying spacer as his oxygen runs out, and goes as follows:
From
the Void
I
float through the void
Never
to land
Fearing
that the Reachs
Will
be my grave
With
stars in every direction
I
drift over the void
Above the abyss I list
I
fear I will fall
Never
to rise
In
this endless cascade into nothing
I
sink through the depths
Into
leagues uncharted
That
rarified air
Of
where few have been
Leaves
for a suffocating atmosphere
I
know not
where
my final resting place will be
But I
think I have found solace
in
this verse from the void
However, the verse that I wanted to share tonight is actually the longest piece that I have written for this poetry book and bares, I think, significant importance for the sci-fi books I am in the process of writing. The form of it is probably still raw (as I know next to nothing about poetry itself), but I like the idea of it and I hope you can enjoy it as well. If you feel up to it, any comments would be welcome as well as I want these poems/verses to be good and I still need to grow as a writer in this area. Thanks and enjoy.
[The poem is purposely untitled.]
Voiceless
whispers the light
Across
dark waves of night
To
proclaim against wrongs
To
speak forth for the right
Long
have we waited here
From
ages past to cheer
The
defeat of the night
The
victory of light
‘Fore
the dawn
We
burst forth
Into
time
We
stepped
From
the dark
We
sang out
Rays
of truth
Rays
of light
Against
the chaos we strove
Victors
of a mighty lord
Behind
his flag we marched
Under
his light we reigned
By
his order we were set
In
his name we ruled skies
In
our sectors we would stay
To
rule night and to rule day
The
world blue and green was our great treasure
The
jewel of the skies was our supreme prize
The
world where light brought life was our delight
And
in man who walked under our king
In
the light they strove to please our Bright One
To
greet the dawn of their race with loud song
Under
green and beside blue they walked
Rejoicing
in their life and in their light
But
it was not to last
As
dawn waned and past
Green
was surrendered
Blue
was given for death
Light
traded for darkness
Life
lost its final breath
One
drew another’s blood
Opening
the red flood
We
were not indifferent
We
were not without caring
Though
stained red was the ground
Yet
bright white were still the stars
Messengers
streaked through space
Even
our prince to the earth
Yet
not one was received
All
burned red in the sky
Though
eyes were turned up
Yet
hearts were turned down
You
sought to explore us
To
carry wonder here
To
reach the bright places
You burned
fires below
Launched
into the deep
You
sought to meet the light
But
you brought with you red
And
with you darkness came
Your
eyes were darkened
And
were closed to the light
What
darkness there is here
Was
carried to this place
For
in ages long past
We
banished the dark
Watchers
of the skies are we
Rulers
of the heavens now
Warriors
who once drew sword
Defenders
of right and light
Against
the void we have fought
To
fill all places with light
Witnesses
before the king
At
the trial of man’s deeds
We
are old, from times unknown
Our
king from ages yet known
Our
voices carry through night
From
the dawn to speak of light
Against
him do man’s deeds cry
Charges
to seek eye for eye
Yet
we stars speak no vi’lence
For
man shall end in
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