Lightning lights the night.
Smiting the thick blanket
Of swirling dreams,
With a heavy hammer of explosion.
The raven stirs.
From his lofty perch upon the rowan,
He lifts.
All in a gentle push of the wings.
He flies.
In his beaks is soul.
In his stomach are my dreams.
And in his talons, clutched, is the love i never had.
Whither does he go?
Away over the distant horizon,
Lit briefly by the forks of heaven.
Taking it all away from me.
I had nothing to begin with.
I have nothing to end with.
And it burns my empty heart to know,
My life was in vain.
Oh i live still.
I breathe, walk ,talk.
Dwelling still in the mundane.
Crawling in muck.
But the part that makes me
Is no longer here.
Torn and taken,
Chained and condemned.
Be at peace, my soul.
Away now, all my dreams!
Rest easy in the Raven’s care.
And. My love. I never knew thee well.
No more warmth is left to me in this world.
Only the cold.
No more light is left to me in this world.
Only the darkness.
My eyes are clouded with despair.
No one will rescue me this time.
No one will steal me from Fate’s grasp.
No one. Is there.
My friends,
Where art thou?
If ye hide beneath my shadow,
Come hither.
But i know you are not there.
No longer.
Solitude, cursed Solitude,
Has been laid upon my weary frame.
You made me what i am,
Dear once-companions.
Filling my life with hope.
In laughter and joy.
Through hardship, as i yielded.
It was all of you whom dragged me on.
Past dirt and cold,
In blood and sweat.
The smallest Spartan there ever was,
And yet. A Spartan.
Fighting alongside everyone else.
Your reward for hard labours.
But now my blood is faded.
What Spartanhood i have
Has passed into the darkness,
Armor for my kidnapped soul.
My friends. i Love thee.
All.
But that love too hast been stolen.
Away into the deeps of time’s void.
And to you, Unnamed.
My love for you, only i know.
For shame i have in fear and weakness
That i never revealed it to you.
Your laughter and smile.
The glint in warm eyes of deepest brown.
The gentlest of touches.
And yet, i was only a friend.
I’m glad my heart and soul have been forfeited.
And my dreams burnt to oblivion.
As it is,
I can no longer grieve.