Through The Flames of Time

Through the flames of time I ride

Searching for an answer to my heart's desire

Throughout many a hardship, I cried

So brightly burning was the fire

I thought I could never find the one

Too many have rejected my confession

I thought that my reason for existence was done

My heart faced too great an oppression

But when there was you, my newfound passion

It was as if my pains had washed away

Instead, what I felt for you, the purest compassion

Led me down the seemingly wrong way

As my potential continued to increase

My worry over your safety would gradually cease.

I cannot tell you my feelings yet

For now, I shall put on a poker face

If you knew now, I would surely fret

And to the highest speeds, my heart would race

So I waited for the opportune time

Yet I have waited too long

Though I could feel your presence, so utterly sublime

I could tell that right next to you was the symbol of wrong

This new evil obstructed my path

Nevertheless, I still loved you

I still contained my wrath

My feelings to you stayed true

No matter what the cost

You, my dearest, cannot be lost.

I was so desperate to win your attention

Even if the price was my life

I felt such strong tension

Having to live through such strife

Your mother had given me such praise

So my spirits felt rather light

I have helped your country in so many ways

Aiding them in many a plight

Yet now, I feel that it was in vain

For with your steel-penetrating fangs, you coldly rejected

The blood poured, gushed, drizzled from my arm like rain

Leaving me helpless on the ground, so sadly neglected

You rushed to the man you love with all haste

With not even a moment to waste.

Yet how could I not pursue?

To the castle with me

What was going on there, I hadn't a clue

But I did know whom you wished to see

The imperial prince and you, indeed, shared a tenacious bond

Yet I did not care

The battlefield of chance was not far beyond

Before I knew it, I was there

Ready to fight once more at your side

I vow to remain with you so long as I live

From danger and death I shall not hide

For I had far too much to give

And now the battle is finally won

The hardships, the struggling, were finally done.

Or rather, that is what I thought

There was one enemy who was not yet slain

What the villain sought

Was nothing more and nothing less than your sparkling mane

Get out of the way! Flee, before it is too late!

Knowing full well what the evil one was about to do

With a determination so great

I ran, I flew

It could have easily been your blood that stained the sun red

Your heart could have been the one impaled

I was so glad to have taken the blow instead

So glad to have not failed

Now I slowly drift to the ground

Almost unable to hear a single sound.

I knew my minutes were few

My life fading fast, my blood everywhere

At least so close to my dying body there was you

With your beauty and your sacred air

So when my soul left my lifeless shell

I was surely astounded

That with a soft press against my lips, you wished me well

Through what I was now, this kiss sounded

For that, my prince, I surely thank thee

This man will watch over you and the one you cherish

I know that none will make you as happy as he

It is clear that your love shall not perish

I have loved so many, and now you are the one I adore

Or perhaps you are the only one I have ever loved, now and forevermore.