Something.īut all I hear is echo, echo, echo, echo, echo

They were supposed to be for my friends, my friends who aren’t smiling. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts in shards, all over the floor. Holding them out to each and every friend.īut every time I let one go, it shatters against the tile between my feet. I frantically pull them from the shelf, one after the other. My friends look through my locked front door.įinally, all done. Like exploring a dark cave, discovering the secrets hiding in the nooks and crannies. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts in bottles, all in a row. I reach inside with my thumb and forefinger and pluck one out.īut there’s no time to waste! I put it in a bottle to keep it safe.Īnd I put the bottle on the shelf with all of the other bottles. Little balls of sunshine, all rubbing together like a bundle of kittens. It’s the secret place where I keep all my dreams. I pop off my scalp like the lid of a cookie jar. The sunshine in this poem can potentially refer to the protagonist, as her love for him is what keeps her alive/awake. It makes references to her depression and how she doesn’t want to wake up, except for when the sunshine comes.

If it wasn’t for you, I could sleep forever.Īs Sayori admits in game, she wrote this poem in the morning before school. Kissing my forehead to help me out of bed.Īre you trusting me to wish away a rainy day? The way you glow through my blinds in the morning Sayori The childhood friend turned romantic interest In the end, these are just my opinions so I hope you’ll reply with your own thoughts! Note: Some poems are definitely more straightforward than others, and many of the poems have multiple interpretations. But let’s be honest, if you’ve read this far (past my “poetry simulator” intro) you already know all this, so let’s get to the poems! The protagonist is asked to pick twenty words that make up a “poem,” and depending on the words picked, Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri will have different reactions on the next day and show you different poems. In DDLC, the main gameplay element is a poetry game that you play several times throughout the game.

In this post, I will list all of the poems in the story and do my best to explain any meanings they may have. Since Doki Doki Literature Club (DDLC) was released by Team Salvato in September 2017, it’s taken the world by storm as a top-notch visual novel crossed with a poetry simulator.

Ddlc before story words for monika