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Blazing for Eternity
When I was a child
I had a friend
I had a friend of fire
There was fire in her heart
There was life in her voice
Her eyes were clear
She saw the world as it was
She smiled on Mondays,
Because she liked the sunlight
When I was little
I had a friend
I had a friend of sunlight
There was valor in her heart
There was love in her words
She was one with the stars
All day she smiled
All week she laughed
All year she gave hope
How I wished to the stars
How I wished to the moon
Like a lost wolf
So that she,
My friend
Could be happy for years after
How the stars ran cold
How the moon dissappeared
As the light in her eyes died out.
There was fire in her heart
And love in her eyes
But alas, they were not to last
She started to flicker
A ghost of herself
A taunting shadow of what was before
Voices
Jeered left and right
Full of menance
Whispers
Echoed all around
Bringing tidying of lies
Her eyes held only ashes
Her heart was cold
My friend was lost and unseeing
Her life was but a blade of grass
In front of death's rath
Which was, in turn- like a wildfire
And that, my dear is how she came to an end.
For the last time I saw her
Death ripped her away
Merciless in his work
I saw the ember in her eyes
a blazing determination
That she would take with her
I saw the laughter in her heart,
buried deep
But still there
I saw the life in her soul
An unearthly beauty
That shined against my tears
And then she was gone.
How I wished to the stars
How I wished to the moon
Like a lost wolf
That she remained a fire
A fire
A light
A blazing star
in the heavens
For Eternity
And the moon answered
My tears stopped
And just like that
My friend was frozen in time
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I was inspired to write this becuase one of my friends had a friend who was deathly ill. I was told that she had cancer, and along with my feelings when my grandfather died of the sickness, I decided to write this piece. So enjoy ;)