Title: It's Me
Rating: K+
Genre: Poetry, friendship, drama, tiny bit of angst
Characters: Skylar S.
Pairing(s): None
Summary: "So maybe I'm not alone after all."
Warnings: None
Notes: Hey, everyone! This is my first try at poetry—no rhyming because I'm not very good at that, so it's free verse. Just so you know, it's split into two parts: during the events of the very first episode and after the events of the third. I hope you enjoy it!
Don't tell me I'm not alone
I know that's not true
When I wake up in the middle of the night
I sit up, stand, take a look around
There is no one there
There is no one with me
I know.
I should be used to being alone
I have been working by myself my whole life
I left my home when I was young
I left to help others
I didn't realize I was hurting myself.
I lost the most important part of me
To the person I despise the most
I became useless, obsolete
So I went to the only place I thought would help me.
They couldn't help.
So here I am
Lying on the bed in the hospital room
That has been given to me
It is that which tells me I will be here for a
Long, long time
The others here
They don't understand
They're sick, but they will get better
They always do
But I am sick too, and I won't.
So don't tell me I'm not alone
I carry the weight of the world—all worlds—on my shoulders
I must be isolated
It's me who is the only one who can help.
I know, and it's me.
I have friends now
It's an odd concept
The only friend I have ever known is back home
And I am stranded here.
My new friends are normos
There are four of them
Well, three and a half of them
One of them is only my friend when he doesn't bother me.
Only two of them know my secret
Mostly because they were the ones who helped me go to school
And fight villains
And help me regain a sense of normalcy
Because people only see me as a typical teenage girl now
So I might as well make the most of it.
They have unofficially become a team with me
It's a change
Like I said, I'm not used to working with others
I fly (or used to, anyway) solo
But I can make it work
Because my working with others is healing me
Not healing my brokenness, but healing my mind
Because everything was so dark before
But it is less so now.
So maybe I'm sick
So are the others
They will get better
And I won't
But it does not matter
Because I know who I am
No matter what my status in the League of Heroes is
I am still the same person
I have always been.
My enemy may have stolen what is rightfully mine
But he will get what he deserves
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow
But someday.
Because today
Right here
Right now
I am fixing myself.
It is a slow process, but I am doing it
Because my friends give me the strength to glue the
Shattered pieces of myself back together
And I can feel myself mending.
In the end
It will be me who rightens the wrongs of my enemy
Right now
It is me who is working towards that day
It's me.
But for now
My friends will guide me
They will help in their quirky and odd ways
And I love them all for it
Though I may not ever say it out loud.
I remember what my best friend back at home told me once:
"Say what you need to in the moment you think it, because you never know when you might breathe your last breath."
I don't need to say any of it right now
Because as long as my friends stand by my side
I will be alright
Everything will be alright.
Because it's them who will protect me
It is them who will protect everyone
It's them, not me.
So maybe I'm not alone after all.
Hmm… first try at poetry, so how was it? I'd love to see reviews! I hope you liked it!