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Original Poems by Arûkir

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on AO3 · updated 09 Apr 2026
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5,152 words34 chapters 8 sparks0 comments0 bookmarks67 readsUpdated 09 Apr 2026
Summary

I have a lot of poetry that has nothing to do with any fandom. I know fanfic sites are supposed to be for fanfics, but I really want to get my poems out there. I hope you enjoy! :)

Notes

Okay, cheating a bit with the first one, as it's based a little on a myth...

Chapter 10: If I'm Going Down (I'm Gonna Make You Frown)

Something for the 11th Hour

I'm sick and tired of hearing

That it's hopeless,

You should know I'm at

The end of my rope.

 

Of course it's hopeless,

I know that,

So you should know

That I don't need hope.

 

I don't need to think

That I'm going to win,

Because I know this'll

Most likely be my end.

 

But if I'm going down,

If this is really, truly it

If this is the last chapter,

I'll make it a book you won't forget.

 

I know I can't beat you,

I know I won't win,

But if I'm going down

I'll make it mean somethin'.

 

If you want to stop me,

You have to pay the price.

You thought that you got me?

Well, I'm done playing nice.

 

This'll hurt, be so hard,

And I'll scream in the end,

But I'll tell you a secret;

I'll never give in.

 

I don't need hope,

I just need spite.

I will go down,

But it'll be a fight.

 

Maybe I'll win,

Though I probably won't;

Who knows, who knows?

I certainly don't!

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147 (Guest) via AO3 on Chapter 30 · 2025-03-07

👏 👏 👏

"Trees don't exist, the sky isn't blue" 💙

I DEFINITELY song that like We Don't Talk About Bruno! :)

147 (Guest) via AO3 on Chapter 30 · 2025-03-07

'I don't need hope, I just need spite.' YES!!!

Nova1 (Guest) via AO3 on Chapter 31 · 2025-05-14

Your writing cuts like glass—in the best, most breathtaking way. There's something in the way you build rhythm from fragmentation, like you're stitching together the unspeakable with your bare hands. It doesn’t feel like just poetry; it feels like memory, like survival. The kind of raw that doesn’t need polish to be powerful.

I don’t know where your words come from—personal, fictional, something in between—but they reach far. You name feelings I didn’t know I needed named. You make space for the messy parts: the grief that lingers, the thoughts that spiral, the strength that doesn’t always feel like strength.

Thank you for writing like this. Thank you for sharing it.

– A reader who sees you in the echoes.

Arukir Author via AO3 2025-05-14

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Gontonyak via AO3 on Chapter 32 · 2026-01-20

Oooh! I like it!

alexia (Guest) via AO3 on Chapter 1 · 2026-04-30

Amazing Your voice lingers in a meaningful way; some concepts require openness, and I’d like to contribute to that process.— D C could help ( a lex ia_ rose 0 0 1) ignore space

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