Original Poetry Fan Fiction ❯ The You I Admire ❯ Arigatou (for Sueric) ( Chapter 5 )

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Arigatou

by iloveanimecartoons

Original March 31, 2008

Revision June 5, 2008

What is inspiration?

A subject of intense concentration?

A hope where once was none?

A winsome admiration?

Define imagination…

Not out of a dictionary or any other book

Delve into your own mind and take another look

The boy who would never grow up and his adversary's hook

In our seldom-traveled memories we look back to those days

of childhood filled with stories of ill-fated clumsy eggs

and beanstalks that ascended to the heavens, booted cats, pixie dust

when goodwill reigned, justice triumphed, and chivalry was a must

When every young lady was a princess with a savior most certain

Then reality pours back in and we pull back the curtain

on our moments of whimsy

So nice to stumble upon such simple pleasures later in life…

No longer text set—I read a visual plateau

Written phrases eliciting laughter, tear, emotional ties

As every new line of your stories pass by

To the audience, straight from the heart of a master allegorist

As you breathe life into fiction and make the non-existent exist

And…inspire me to cultivate my shackled inspirations

Remind me of the simple pleasure of my own imagination

Bring to life my stagnant thought and then

I race to my paper—where's my pencil or pen?

Those days of yore when you encouraged me till I was sure

Sure—confident, even—that my words could be heard and received well of men

So, with renewed vigor, I write and I type and revise

Knowing my best—what I'm happy with—goes forth well to other's eyes

Thank you seems so inadequate in cases such as these

Because I take my art to heart, it felt so good to feel…released

To just be creative—no longer stifled in the least

No strings attached, no pressure to please

My art—for me

I like that. Really

And now, outside of my own limitations to perfection, the words once again freely flow

And I'm grateful…you've helped more ways than I can say

Yeah. Just wanted you to know

**bows humbly**