Author: Pirate Turner
Rating: PG-13 for character death
Summary: Emma mourns Charles.
Warnings: Poetry
Disclaimer: Emma "White Queen" Frost, Charles "Professor X" Xavier, Sean "Banshee" Cassidy, Generation X, and the X-Men are & TM Marvel comics, not the author, and are used without permission. Everything else is & TM the author. The author makes absolutely no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright infringement is intended.
I thought I knew what a challenge was
When I lost everything I had
And was thrown away by my family
Like an old ragdoll into the gutter
Of the life at the asylum.
I thought I knew what love was
Until my parents shattered all my dreams.
I thought I knew what pain was
When they, and the rest of my family,
Turned away from me.
I thought I knew what hope was
When I broke free of the bonds
They'd placed upon me and escaped
Into the world, eager and determined
To claim it as my own.
Then you came into my life.
You challenged me to be better
Than I'd ever been, better than you
And all of your students.
It was a hard battle, but I thought
I would win. I thought I had.
Then, in my darkest hours,
You came again.
You protected me from all others,
Including your own children.
You shielded me from the world.
You saved me when I could no more
Save myself than I had been able
To save my children, my own family.
When I awoke, I was mad.
Mad with grief,
I attacked one of your own,
But still you stood by me.
You protected me.
You consoled me,
And you challenged me.
You challenged me to
Look beyond myself,
Beyond the fear and hatred
That had clouded my vision for years.
You challenged me to feel,
And then you placed love in my path.
Once more you saved me.
There had been a time,
Not all that long ago,
That I would have fought
With everything in me to escape
Your caring, your love, and,
Most of all, your way.
But regardless of how I thought,
Or how I may still feel sometimes,
You brought me to your side.
You saved me and gave me
A new life, renewed hope,
And my last chance at happiness and love
When all I'd ever done to you and yours
Was to cause you pain.
You saved me when I
Did not deserve saving.
You gave me so much of yourself
While only asking that I do
The best I could the way I felt I should,
But now you've left me.
You've left us all and while I
May not know you as well as the others
Or have loved you for as long,
I shall still miss you,
And I, too, like they,
Still need you.
Your words echo in my head
Even to this day, and I will do my best
To do what little you ever asked of me.
You brought me to this dance, Charles,
And even without you,
Without my children and without Sean,
I will still dance.
I will still fight for your dream.
Even if it is only similar to mine
In some ways and not near enough
For my entire liking in truth,
I will fight, no matter the cost to myself,
No matter what I have to do
To convince your remaining students
To let me stay on as a member of the team.
I will fight for a better tomorrow.
I will fight for your dream.
I will fight for you, Charles Xavier.
The End