Don't cry…
You whisper to me silently.
I watch your lips move, curved in a brave smile I've come to admire, with all my being.
You touch my face slowly, tenderly.
I take a deep breath, preparing to say goodbye, but you silence me.
In your eyes, amid longing and sorrow, I see love,
Pure, unconditional, strong, as love should be…
Yet it still holds onto a fragile hope that I might somehow return.
I put on a brave face, just for you.
I know there's a shadow in my eyes too,
Dark shades of pain we are both bound to share and endure.
You look at me softly, astonished and questioning, yet understanding.
I never cried before I met you.
I've never shed a single tear in my centuries long devil years since I made this fragile human world my home.
The home that the Devil-king seeks to capture in misery, enslavement and destruction.
I can not let him, I cannot let it be.
I cannot bear to see you sad and despairing.
Sometimes, I don't feel I'm strong enough to go through with this, even though I must.
Your kind dubbed me the Legendary Dark Knight;
Brave and strong, fearless and valiant…
If only they could see me now, see their legendary knight broken and suffering…
Afraid…
Yes, I am afraid for this world, afraid that I will fail…
I tremble, you hold me, telling me to be strong and have no doubt, for you and for our infant sons.
I feel despair consume my battle-weary spirit from deep within.
Though there are no goodbyes, not today, not for us.
You begin to smile,
I smile back.
I turn to go, rather hastily, knowing if I stay a moment longer, I won't be able to let go.
I feel the flow of tears, and I do not hold back, not this time.
Then I hear your voice again in my soul,
Even though you and I know our ordeal is far from over,
I won't let you down,
And I will cry no more…
-FIN-