~A True Friend~ 

I had lived for so long 
But had never really been alive 
I had had many love me 
But had loved only once 

I had seen people come and go 
Life and death as one 
But never really stopped to care 
About who's turn was next to come 

So they sent me to a slayer 
The champion of their fight 
The one who was to change the world 
And rid it of its plight 

But things do not always 
Work out as planned 
Somewhere down the line 
We began to think with our hearts 
Instead of our minds 

This deed could not be left unpunished 
This act, not without consequence 
For our love was tragic 
And one that was never meant to happen 

I left her for the last time 
Heading for a place where I could hide 
Lose myself in the shadows 
With only sorrow as my guide 

But once again they intervened 
Showing me their power 
I was one of theirs now 
Until my final hour 

He was a simple messenger 
A seer of things to come 
He saw people, places, things 
In visions that left him numb 

Always thought of himself as a coward 
Believing that he deserved 
The misfortune that came his way 
Because he had committed an unthinkable horror 

Never quite thought of himself as a man 
For the demons that rested inside 
Constantly tormented him 
With a past he would rather leave behind 


Then the night fell upon us 
With a moonless sky 
When all would be decided 

I was ready to take that plunge 
To confront death in the eye 
To stare into the face 
That had once been mine 

But he beat me to it 
Believing it was his turn to go 
That this was the only way 
For his sins that he could atone 

And as I watched him jump 
My still heart fell a hundred feet 
Straight towards the ground 
With nothing there to meet 

I stood there staring 
As his life burned away 
No bones, no ash 
To remember him by this day 

The days faded into months 
The months into years 
And yet it all still feels so fresh 
As do the tears 

No matter if I should live another century 
Or only one more moment 
The fates be damned for all I care 
Because they took from me 
The best person they could have sent 

A True Friend