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Lament for the Lost

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For you, I'd do it all again—
Limp back in time to challenge Fate,
To gain your freedom, end your pain,
To save you from that curséd Gate.

Remember when we challenged Fate,
In hopes that life would somehow win?
Instead, streaks crimson marred the Gate
As holy penance for our sin.

To think that life could somehow win
Against the throes of Hades' lair!
The hallowed payment for my sin,
Your blood, was more than I could bear.

Upon the step of Hades' lair
Where horrid truth consumes the light,
Your cries were more than I could bear;
My screams joined yours to slice the night.

The Gate creaked open to claim your light,
While countless faces mocked and jeered.
My cries of horror pierced the night,
Though strangled by my bitter tears.

A thousand eyes, unblinking, leered,
While shadows seemed to dance in glee.
My eyes bled out with bitter tears,
And how I screamed to let you free!

The shadows danced in revelry—
One soul was taken; two were lost.
I screamed to them, instead, take me!
I cursed the Knowledge's bitter cost.

One soul taken, two souls lost—
How can this be a fair exchange?
I'm left alone to curse the cost,
My nightmares plagued by horrors strange.

But there was never true exchange;
Equivalence means nothing now.
I'd face my nightmares, dreams deranged,
If I could bring you back, somehow.

Equivalence means nothing now;
I'll gladly make the sacrifice!
I swear to bring you back, somehow,
To save your soul, to pay the price.

For you, myself I sacrifice,
Give up my breath in hopes you live.
To save your soul, I'll pay the price;
There's nothing that I would not give.

If only you could hope to live,
Your freedom would be worth my pain.
There's nothing that I will not give—
For you, I'll do it all again.
first draft: If Only

written in pantoum, one of my new obsessions for poetical form. :)

:hug:s to Edward Elric, the charrie to whom this poem is dedicated. (he belongs to Arakawa-sama, btw, not me. >> )
© 2008 - 2024 k-ee-ran
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CaptTreasureTroveTi's avatar
What be throes...? ^^;

My eyes bled out with better tears,
Means ye "bitter"...?

pantoum? :blush: