A/N: I love poetry, and I recently really got into the HDM trilogy. They are fantastic books. This poem is Will/Lyra, and is sort of a spoiler for The Amber Spyglass.

Will

My heart rots with loneliness

A murderer forlorn

Together we broke the downward spiral

A single rose amidst the thorns.

Our destinies intertwined

Determined by the hands of fate

The future loomed in the distance

Unclear until it was too late.

I'm falling in the dark

Reaching out for you

I try to leave a mark

My hand just can't reach through.

You offered solace and friendship

The words so foreign to me

Your warm, caring nature

I can't stand to let this be.

As my heart cries out for you

In this world I fall apart

I close my eyes and see your face

I yearn to go back to the start.

Just sitting here alone

Trying to get through

I can't believe you're gone

And there is nothing I can do.

As I look up at the dark sky

I ask myself and wonder why

The tears form; I start to cry

Now that you're gone Lyra…

Part of me has died.

Apart

Love lies inside our dreams

Within our hearts

It guides our souls

When we're apart.

In the end we must forget

We must let go again

I found this thing impossible

I just remember the day we met.

What is love?

My chest aches

My heart is heavy

I think of you and I know.

Lyra

From a quiet hiding place

My world changed so suddenly

But through the terrors and the thrills

You stood in front so stubbornly.

You stood so brave and valiant

Willing to fight until the death

On my lips will be your name

When I draw my final breath.

Perilous quests in the darkness of night

You would protect me without a doubt

Sweet thoughts of you plague my mind

Like the pain of a never-ending drought.

I can't feel strong without your presence

I would do anything no matter the cost

Just one more day with those expressive dark eyes

Without your gentle touch I feel so lost.

Hiding my emotions from others

Didn't use to be a difficult task

But now the tears slip out beneath

When I try to adorn the mask.

Some of my courage escaped with you

Everything in this world lost its appeal

I try to be brave, I really do

The hole in my heart will never heal.

As I gaze up at the bright sky

I question the universe and wonder why

My eyes sting; the tears fall

Now that you've gone Will…

Part of me has died.

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