Turning on Pandora
Expecting Freddie or Ozzy
Maybe Tyler, Bowie, or Rose
Instead I hear my new additions
To my private station
Voiceless, yet beautiful
Reminding me of times long past
Mario and Metroid with a little Link
Symphony from Transylvania
Final Fantasy victory
Followed by Her death song
All the memories flood back
Stinging eyes with tears
I miss the time
To play these magic games
And escape into my mind

I turned on Pandora and it has been playing classic video game music for the last hour.  I admit to getting teary-eyed with a few of them because I loved the stories.  I didn’t play for the points or the glory.  I played for the story and the characters.  To this day, I remember the joy of playing Final Fantasy 9 and I try to use a video game to take my mind off fasting for Yom Kippur.  My go to game used to be Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, but I don’t know where my copy went.  I found the soundtrack of it and if I keep typing I’ll simply keep going on about how much I love that game.

I actually have a collection of 100 video game haikus that I’m thinking of releasing in pairs or fives.  They were going to be published in a collection, but my friend who helped write them lost his illustration muse.  It’s one of those projects that it’s either both of us or it doesn’t happen.