Poetry Contest Entry

The Ninja

~By Drakon Loor

I am invisible among my collegues.
They are invisible among me.
I am a fighter of the wind, light, fire, and mind.
No power is needed to be involved.
I hypnotize my fellow enemies to feed the poor by taking from the rich.
I used to be a fighter among my leader, the crown, now enemy.
Why, Why must have the ways changed.
I was a fighter for my crown.
I was a fighter for the ulimate power.
The power of my religion, my power, my own ways of Fu no kata.....
My ways of peace have fallen beneath my Enemy as they watch as it falls to nothing but criminalism.
Every night.....like the owl I hunt my prey.
I teach my enemy to fall.
Or be killed.
Why, how have the ways changed.
Now the ninja means thief.
Was Robin Hood not a thief, did Robin Hood not steal to feed the families of Nottingham.
Why, how have the old ways changed.
The Japanese symbol for "nin."
Has two words atop of each other.
Blade above the heart does not mean we shan't spare our enemies.
Just take their ability to breath, fight, love, and kill.
Why, how can the old ways changed.
For now my only ally is my sword onside my waist following me to battle.
Never leaving my side without my summon.
Some think I have the power to move through dimensions because with a blink of an eye
I will be there then look as if I have jumped into a realm of invisibility.
You are just a blind sole in the need of truth of the true Art of the Ninja.
Ninja's Aruki style can neither be seen nor heard by others.
So silent, so silent, so silent,
until not a single sound can be heard.
Others feel we can fly.
When only all we can do is inhance our mind's ability to bring illusion,
ability, silence, and sometimes even death.
Is that so wrong to feed our families.
To know our sons and daughters will be fed instead of another death.
It is a work, a job, an occupation.
Killing for hire is only my occupation.
It is what I get money to buy the bread.
To feed my sons and daughters.
Why, how can the old ways change.
We feel sometimes that we have a several weapons much more trustworthy than any type of firearms.
Ninja stars is our own personal firearm with a flick of our wrist we can injure you,
kill you, and even teach you faster than any type of gun.
the sword, our own personal weapon of choice.
The hanbo, a handicap's cane in which we protect our families from the enemy.
Why, how can the old ways be forgotten?

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