Valiant Rebel

• Irvine Villanueva, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2013

Cruel Emperor:
Kneel, for it is I who rule
Take haste to kneel before me
Because you are no more than my tool
Defiance would be your death plea
Rebelling Peasant:
Anyone can be punished for sins, Emperor or not!
Each of my friends, my companions...
They all fell from the wickedness you have brought
I'll rid my people of your tyranny, for the lives of millions
Cruel Emperor:
Here we stand in my fortress of bedlam
Do you really plan to rebel against your liege?
What can you do, foolish scum?
Behold my power, curses besiege!
Rebelling Peasant:
Silence! I am not just an insect to step on!
I have dreams, a future to look forward to!
I won't allow you to keep regarding me as a pawn!
Believe in the future and persist in the past, that's what I'll do!!