"Speaking From The Heart"
~*~*I dedicate this sweet little poem to ZellyBaby, cause she wrote something and dedicated it to me. I thought it was only fair to write something in return.*~*~
A/N: I wrote this in a style where you can put any girl that you want from Final Fantasy Eight in the role of who's speaking. It doesn't have to just be Rinoa or Selphie or Quistis or Fuujin or Dr. Kadowaki or Squall or whatever. (LoL) So you can use your imagination and pretend it's who you want it to be.
Zell was sitting on the balcony
I was dreaming of him, he was dreaming of me.
His eyes were quiet, sad, let down
His usual smile was replaced with a frown.
The wind blew softly in the starry dark night
Then I knew the time was right.
Almost as silent as the stars twinkled in the sky
I walked to him with expectations that my
Words could bring back his playful smile
Just the thought of it made this all worthwhile.
I was only a few inches from Zell
I couldn't wait anymore to tell
How much I cared about this enchanting boy
How his presence was something I could truly enjoy.
Closer…closer I could feel myself get
I hoped to the heavens he wouldn't feel upset
As I softly laid a hand on his shoulder
The wind quickly got colder and colder.
Zell turned around and looked in my eyes
His eyes were like two windows to the skies
Not happy skies, no not at all
The skies were gray and rain was about to fall.
He looked at me in great surprise
But I knew that he saw past all of my lies.
"How could you do this?" He asked me softly
"I-I didn't mean to," I said as a final plea.
But the boy that was once mine to hold
Turned around and left me in the cold.
The tears started to trickle down my cheek
And I opened my mouth, so I could speak…
No words came out, I began to fall apart
So I did the only thing I could do--I spoke from my heart.
"Zell, I know that what I did was wrong,
And I hurt you badly when I tried to belong.
I left you behind as I went ahead.
And there were some terrible things that I said…
So, it's hard to say now, but I want you to know
Something that I was so afraid to show.
I'm sorry Zell, I hope you can understand
I just wanted to let you know where I stand.
Goodbye, Zell, I hope not forever
Because losing you as a friend is something I would never
Be able to ever in a million years bear
But…I guess sometimes life's not fair."
I turned my back to Zell and started to run
What was said was said, what was done was done.
I collapsed on the ground and began to cry
I wished that right then and there I could die.
But as I started to get up on my feet
As I began to cope with my defeat
Who would you think was standing there?
It was Zell, the boy I had come to care.
"Look…maybe what you did was wrong,
But I'm not willing to lose someone I've loved for so long."
I looked at Zell, amazed at his words,
Was what he said what I just heard?
"Zell…" I managed to choke,
I felt my heart mend from being broke.
Zell took me into his warm embrace
And my heart quickly began to race.
At the moment I clearly knew,
That's Zell's love for me was true.
In his arms was where I wanted to be,
To make a life, just him and me.