Character Poem

                                     Kaeisuan Triibola
                                                                      by Naia Zifu

I used to hate being T'sentrati
I've never told my parents that--I don't want to hurt them
But I hated the blue face in the mirror, my alien name, myself
I hated being different
Coming home swollen and bruised from school
Why wouldn't I fight?
That isn't my way
My parents couldn't understand that
But I couldn't understand them, either
Do we get along?
We have an understanding
I can't change them any more than they can me
If we all accept that, we get along great
I can't ignore the countless lives they've taken in battle
But I'm proud of the lives they've made for themselves
They can't appreciate my pacifism
But they brag on my intelligence and academic achievements
Do I still hate being T'sentrati?
Is that even what I really am?
I'm neither a clone, a warrior, nor an alien
But I'm no longer ashamed that my parents are
And now when I look at the blue face in the mirror
I can finally like what I see



©1999 Naia Zifu   All rights reserved.
This is an original (though rather bad :-P ) poem for an original character, though there are
references for Robotech, which I haven't got rights to.  As always, I'm not trying to make money
from anyone else's ideas.