Paper Poems: Lost in Despair

Disclaimer: I don’t own Super Paper Mario, Count or Lord Blumiere/Count Bleck, Lady Timpani, Blumiere’s Father, The Void, the plot or storyline and anything that is related to the game. They belong to Nintendo/Intelligent Systems. But I do own the title and the poem.

Author’s Note: Hi again! ^_^ I’m back from a break of not doing poems. I decided to start a new collection called “Paper Poems” which is a massive collection of poems about characters from the Paper Mario series obviously, hence the title. I guess all of you miss the poetic me since I haven’t created any poems since “Together At Last”. Ironically today, I just randomly thought of another poetic line instantly, which is: You’re a good friend, our friendship will never end. I wrote it on a classmate’s final piece somewhere for a painting brief under my name ‘cause she asked me to do it. A lot of students in my class have to sign their names on it ‘cause her final outcome is about Friendship. To be honest, looking at it makes me wanna do something like that but I couldn’t ‘cause I already got a project to do. Anyway enough about today, here’s the first poem of Paper Poems!

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                                         Lost in Despair

A man named Count Blumiere,
Who used to have a person he longed to be near,
All things are meaningless,
His whole life was a mess,
He used to love a girl called Lady Timpani,
Who just disappeared recently,
She was gone,
Blumiere couldn’t go on,
His heart was full of sorrow,
There’s always tomorrow,
To search for her,
He didn’t know where she were,
She was gone forever,
Blumiere’s father told him that humans and their kind shouldn’t be together,
Timpani was sent away,
His father and the whole world will pay,
Unfortunately, she couldn’t stay,
Blumiere’s father said it’s better that way,
The Count will never forget that dreadful day,
He’s got nothing to say,
To his dad,
The person which made Blumiere mad,
Murdering his father and destroying his dimension made this the best day he had,
Which made him glad,

Revenge was sweet,
Timpani is the girl he’ll never meet,
He’s still in pain,
He’ll never see her again,
His Lady was his beloved dame,
He still remembers her name,
Blumiere is no more,
Timpani is the only girl he will always adore,
She is his beautiful amore,
He lost all hope,
A life without his precious darling is something he couldn’t cope,
He’s now an angst-driven villain known as Count Bleck,
His life is a wreck,
What was broken was his heart,
The relationship between him and his love tragically fallen apart,
He leaves barren wastelands in his wake,
Destroying a world was a piece of cake,
But inside him, his heart ache,
It is a matter of time before every world are destroyed,
By a pixelated vortex called The Void,
Reminiscing the memory of her gone made him annoyed,
His backstory was bittersweet,
The destruction of a world will repeat,
Bleck doesn’t care about anything,
He thinks that they don’t have a meaning,
Except Timpani who was his universe,
The pair has gone through worse,
Count Bleck always dresses in white,
He’s evil but very polite,
Count Bleck is left in despair,
Because he couldn’t find her anywhere.

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Author’s Note: What do you think of this poem? Reading this should make you cry ‘cause I made this poem very sad on purpose and it is about his life. The reason why I’m starting the collection with the Count is ‘cause he became my favourite villain and another favourite character just like Tippi/Lady Timpani. I must admit, he’s unique amongst all the villains in the Mario series ‘cause he’s the only antagonist who is motivated not through a lust for power or control but sadness and regret and he’s the only bad guy who speaks in third person but sometimes he speaks normally. I must give kudos for him since he’s the only baddie so far who has a bittersweet backstory, he went from good guy to bad guy and then back to what he was before when he redeemed himself, unlike most villains he treats his minions except Dimentio like a family and never punishes them and so on. There are a lot of reasons to like him as a character. I even find his real name, Blumiere, very nice ‘cause it sounds like a French name but it’s kinda hard to pronounce.

I just can’t get enough of the star-crossed couple, ever since playing the game and kept on listening to “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” by Meat Loaf feat. Marion Raven. I also loved watching the music video and I enjoyed singing along to it. To me, this song suits the couple and reminds me of the two of them, their tragic love story and their relationship. I even loved the tribute on Youtube, which is called “It’s All Coming Back To Me – Super Paper Mario” by a member named SpitballSparky. That’s what got me into the song in the first place, I didn’t know it at first but when I watch it; I now knew about it by reading someone else’s comment. I loved it so much that I downloaded the full version from the internet and bought the DVD, Meat Loaf: 3 Bats Live. The tribute is tear jerking and heartbreaking as the song, music video and the sad parts of the game themselves. It’s worth watching if you’re a big supporter to the pair. Remember to read and comment it! By the way, I don’t want any flames please.