From the Heart

by Ancelin

Poem Kal-el wrote to Louis after returning from the devestated Krypton. Don't own anyone, no copyright intended.

FROM THE HEART

I left.

I left the world.

Worse, I left you.

I left.

This is something that I regret

How can I not?

I hurt you.

I hurt our son.

Though it may not mean much

I am sorry.

So very sorry.

I don't ask for absolution only a chance.

A chance that I don't deserve

A chance with you

A chance, at least, with our son

A chance that I don't deserve—but I am asking for all the same.

You still care for me

I know that

You held me in your arms

You came to visit me.

You gave me a purpose

You have given me hope

You have given me what I have lacked—

A place, a family.

I love you

I don't know how else to say it

I have since I first saw you

I love you

Still, I will step back

Let you make your choice

I will never blame you for your choice

I can only blame my own stupidity

I left.

I left the best things in my life.

I left them all for a dead world.

I left—and now I'm back

I'm back.

I'm here now.

I shall never leave again—

Because I am finally home.