Everything I need
(poem in Beatrice's POV when she finds out she has a brother)
I was falling apart
And no one would even listen
To the story I didn't want to tell
I was all alone
And I kept telling myself
That I had everything I needed
But I was wrong.
I was falling apart
I was falling into this illusion
I was the tough one and they were the victim
I was the lone crusader and they evaded my shadow
I didn't have a shadow
Everyone hated me
But I kept telling myself
That I had everything I needed
But I was wrong.
The only thing a person really needs to get by in life is love
But not the kind of love that would come to your mind
Not the romantic love
That you can live without.
Heck, I should know.
But the love you can count on,
That is the stuff legends are made of.
I didn't know that kind of love existed-
Love that didn't have complications,
Love that destroys you,
Love based on the body and the chemistry
My father loved and lost
But then he met this witch
And he thought he fell in love.
But that's not the kind of love a person needs.
The love of a brother and sister
Is the only thing I need.
The most important thing, is to, no matter what, protect each other.
I found out I had a brother
Haunted with a tortured soul
And a mother that didn't love him
He was lost
And living alone.
He was getting by; he was strong
But I had been wrong
That I had everything I needed.
I didn't have a brother
And now I do.
Now
Let the people laugh and jeer and see me
As a tough outcast
An offbeat tomboy
But I don't care
Because now I know for sure
That I have everything I need.