Just our thoughts on how Luffy might have felt after Ace died in poem format, also a birthday fic for Luffy.

Happy Birthday Luffy!

Hope you like, when we find the chance it'll be written into fic form too.

Disclaimer: We don't own One Piece, and Oda is still too awesome to hate, even if he killed off Ace. Long live Fire Fist.

Warnings: Poetry, Hints of D-Cest and implications of yaoi if you look really hard and squint.

aXaXaXa

Always, Ace

We made a vow

Brothers to be

That we'd stay together always

Just us three

aXaXaXa

One by one

We left our place

Nobody stayed on

To kick me in the face

aXaXaXa

I lost a brother

But I had one more still

I hoped I could hold on to you

If only by sheer will

aXaXaXa

I never meant

For this love to start

But I always wanted you

Close to my hear

aXaXaXa

Promises were made

And you left on a voyage

Leaving in my heart

A gaping void

aXaXaXa

Still I went on

To fulfill our dreams

Thinking of you

While sailing the seas

aXaXaXa

Whenever I saw you

It wasn't enough

But seeing you smile

Made me become tough

aXaXaXa

Chance encounters

Blown in on the wind

A city of sand

You visited on a whim

aXaXaXa

You cared for me

Without a reason

And I cared for you

With all my being

aXaXaXa

It all seemed as if

It would work out in the end

If you were more than you

Or just a friend

aXaXaXa

But tragedy strikes

At the worst times

Often without

Reason or rhyme

aXaXaXa

What happened

Your fate

It should have been mine

Yet now it's too late

aXaXaXa

I didn't get to say goodbye

Or tell you I love you

You didn't get to say hi

Or tell me you love me too

aXaXaXa

They took you away

Gone without a doubt

And I watched you fall

Screamed your name with a shout

aXaXaXa

Your face when you died

Looked so beautiful

You made me cry

They could be so cruel

aXaXaXa

I'll never forget

What you did for me

I'll love you forever

For eternity

aXaXaXa

Review, please! If not for us then for Luffy!