The Price You Paid

So this is where it falls.

You fought so hard to
save us, to bring about
the world that you always
believed we could attain.

Your understanding and hope
were the tethers that held
our scattered hearts to the
once hidden truth.

But now you have begun to fade.

I can see your golden eyes
once so full of life, smile just once more,
as you fall into greedy arms of Twilight's Lord

You used to dance,
lost in a music that we could not hear,
and yet, when you took my hand
to pull me into the voiceless song,
I could feel the drumbeat, the harmony
in whose rhythm you moved.

Each passing day with you
was like a gift, a present from
some benevolent god who understood
the feelings you inspired in your friends,
and the respect in your enemies.

Only now, you are lost to us.

I can see the crimson stain that flowed
so quickly from your heart. The bruises that
only now have begun to show.

When our long time peace was shattered
you showed to us a side of you
that promised a victory, and not a one sided
power struggle, and for it,
we loved you all the more.

But I could see how much you hated it.
You were not built for war,
but for the golden ages of peace, and
each day that we struggled on, a little
more of you was lost.

And the pain I saw in your eyes,
left me wishing that there was something I could do.

Your shallow breaths pierced my heart
like endless waves of the enemy's sword
but for you, I knew I must smile.


My lady, and My queen.
The leader of a people who love you more
than you will ever know.
I see the sad flickers in your golden eyes
as you lie in my tired arms, your tears running
as freely as my own.
But I will not set you down.
Weariness is a gentler master than Death,
and it would take that one's mighty blow,
to tear me away from you.
So I will hold you, telling you the
truths of your victory,
the day and the world that you
have won for your people.
Now I only wish that you could
see it. Your banners are flying,
My lady, proud and strong on this field
where you gave so much, and your people
are calling to you.
Only Breathe Again,
and you would hear them.