I was up until 4am the night I read "One Day at a Time" and I cried nonstop through just about the last three chapters. Few fanfics if any have touched me the way Sergeant Phoenix's fic did, and I'm still getting over how proud I am that she let me write the alternate ending. Anyway, soon after reading her fic, I wrote this poem from Squall's point of view. Hope you enjoy. Please review.
You tried to take your life one day
Why had I been so blind?
You just kept pushing me away
Had I really been so unkind?
You'd say, "I only want to die."
Then suddenly, you'd change
You'd say, "I'm scared." You'd scream and cry
Consumed by all your pain
I tried so hard to help you
but I felt you slip away
Had the world been so cruel
that you didn't want to stay?
You'd tell me I should hate you
But then you'd change again
You'd say, "Don't let me die."
I was losing my dearest friend
I failed you, I lost you
I heard a gunshot cry
Forever I shall cry for you
because I let you die
*sob* I'm near tears typing this, remembering that powerful fic. It was an amazing story, and a great ending, but I'm still glad I had the privilege of changing it. There is never no hope. In the end, all anyone needs is friends who'll actually listen and get to know who they really are. 99.9% of this world thinks they're happy, thinks they're living all they can, but it's bullsh**. How many of you know you're friends better then you know yourself? How many know them so well, that if you had the chance, you could live out your life as your dearest friend exactly the way that they would? I do, and I could. It's hard to come by, but worth fighting for. I fight to survive everyday, and I never would've lived this long without them. Ok, nothing can be solved in chit-chat, but living day by day with friends who would drop everything to stay up all night talking, really talking, that can save your life. Never give up, any of you. Please.
You tried to take your life one day
Why had I been so blind?
You just kept pushing me away
Had I really been so unkind?
You'd say, "I only want to die."
Then suddenly, you'd change
You'd say, "I'm scared." You'd scream and cry
Consumed by all your pain
I tried so hard to help you
but I felt you slip away
Had the world been so cruel
that you didn't want to stay?
You'd tell me I should hate you
But then you'd change again
You'd say, "Don't let me die."
I was losing my dearest friend
I failed you, I lost you
I heard a gunshot cry
Forever I shall cry for you
because I let you die
*sob* I'm near tears typing this, remembering that powerful fic. It was an amazing story, and a great ending, but I'm still glad I had the privilege of changing it. There is never no hope. In the end, all anyone needs is friends who'll actually listen and get to know who they really are. 99.9% of this world thinks they're happy, thinks they're living all they can, but it's bullsh**. How many of you know you're friends better then you know yourself? How many know them so well, that if you had the chance, you could live out your life as your dearest friend exactly the way that they would? I do, and I could. It's hard to come by, but worth fighting for. I fight to survive everyday, and I never would've lived this long without them. Ok, nothing can be solved in chit-chat, but living day by day with friends who would drop everything to stay up all night talking, really talking, that can save your life. Never give up, any of you. Please.
