Yes, tragedy befell you

But tragedy permeated my existence.

When the world turned its hate upon me,

You offered me salvation through the simple act of feeling

It was love that lead you to your end,

Yet it was that very same love that is my beginning.

The fact that a creature as pure and noble as you

Should no longer smile,

Should no longer laugh,

Grace the world with your presence no more

Is a sword to my broken soul

"There was a boy who saw a girl drowning

And he leaped in to save her

She lived, he died

And she forgot his name."

The world forgets, but I remember

I used to wish I didn't.

But how am I to find you then?

You showed me how the world shines,

But sometimes it shines so brightly it hurts

And I look away.

You courage flows through me in every step of my journey

Even though I will never again hear your voice

See you, touch you

I will feel your hand in mine forever.

"Someday..."

You were wrong, weren't you?

But you had a habit of being right at the same time.

I shine where you once shined

And I live free, but only because of your gift

Your sacrifice;

I refuse to let you disappear.

Was it this hard for you?

Was it this hard for Dios?

The just never seem to rest.

Every obstacle leaves me thinking of you, where I once thought of him in contempt.

Every cry of suffering pierces my heart

When I'd once laughed in the face of their misery.

Maybe I'm not a prince...

But you never were either.

I often wonder what you would think, of this life I now lead.

Would you beg that I love again?

I'd had no lack of willing suitors, and the thought had occasionally crossed my mind

But how do you move on?

The truth is that you don't.

The outside world is different in many ways, and this is one of them-

Emotions are real, losses cut deeper scars

Than a million swords of hate.

When I realized you were truly gone,

The urge to throw myself into oblivion was stronger than you could imagine

But then I realized also,

I am all that is left of you.

I'll survive, if only on your memory

If only on your ideals.

I'll slay dragons, I'll save princesses

Once only in your name

With the blade of your princehood

Now with the sword I'd forged with my own hands.

The calyx protects the flower until it blooms

But it is ruptured when the blossoms burst forth.

I only wish it wasn't so.

I lay in the grass, watching the fresh white dawn turn blue

The last vestige of your warmth vanishing with the night's dreams.

I smile a little, because I only smiled for you once

Yet I cried for you longer than I can know.

I stand, I walk onward

I persevere

When asked why, my answer is simple.

"I found my prince."

This is based on the idea that Utena died during the final duel when Anthy was freed; when Anthy says that she will find Utena, on occasion I've interpreted it to mean understanding her ideals and growing beyond them-becoming a strong, noble person in her own right, as Utena was. (But most of the time, I'm a sucker for happy endings and take it literally :) )