I want to thank my amazing Beta, littlemichiru, for being patient and helping me with the editing process. Also, a special thanks to TheElephantInThePrideParade for coming up with the summary for this piece. Thank you both!
My Dearest Aphrodite
-Sky King Haruka Tenoh
I held her so many times
Bathed in the light of her love
She gave freely to me.
Their arrival took away my Queen
Our future and dreams;
Everything we hoped to be.
She was once my sanctuary.
Her smile my every joy,
Her soul the key salvation
To my dark and broken soul.
Her selflessness in love
Was my willing submission in passion.
A living goddess worthy of everyone's love and admiration.
I hope to find her again someday…somewhere…
For she is of the Sky and born in the Sea;
From the golden world—the star that's far away;
Never meant to truly come back again;
For I'm only blessed at the birth and death of day.
Maybe I had to lose her during that war so long ago,
So that I could dream
Of the long-forgotten silver past,
When I loved her,
When she loved me;
When love and passion
Were an eternal golden flame.
Today, as every day, the night is empty
Because of a distant goodbye
That tastes of bitter loneliness.
Long ago, she left me with farewell,
Standing here in my balcony I hear those words whispered back;
In the night's distant shadows I look up at the sky
Hoping to see that golden star, but I only see vast nothingness.
The emptiness of stars
Cries out for the emptiness and silence in my heart
Because she won't come back in this day and age.
Moon, when I am gone,
Tell her that I love her—I never stopped
That without her my heart and soul are dying.
Moon, I implore you,
Tell me where to find her…
Tell me where to find, my golden goddess.
Lead me to my dearest Aphrodite.