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wisdom's daughter walks alone
but it's nothing new to her
because she's been
A
L
O
N
E
for as long as she can
/r/e/m/e/m/b/e/r/
ever since Thalia
sacrificed herself
ever since she watched her friend
D
I
E
and even though
she wasn't really
D
E
A
D
it didn't matter
(not to Luke, and not to Annabeth)
and she might as well have been
because dead
was the same as gone
but gone
wasn't the same as dead
and Luke promised
but that didn't matter either
and Annabeth Chase was
/a/l/o/n/e/
so, really, it's nothing new to her
but she thought that this would be
D
I
F
F
E
R
E
N
T
that he would be different
because he was Percy Jackson
and he wasn't the hero
but he was the hero to her
and she thought that she would have a
happily
ever
after
and he seemed hell-bent
on giving it to her
because, you see,
Percy Jackson
is a pretty nice guy
but that didn't matter
that doesn't matter
because he's
G
O
N
E
and maybe he's
D
E
A
D
but he can't be
he can't be dead
dead is gone but gone isn't dead
and she can't lose him
oh, yes, she's used to being alone
but that doesn't mean she isn't
L
O
N
E
L
Y
especially without him
without her hero
and she just now realizes
that she needs him
more than she thought
more than she should have
because he's /e/v/e/r/y/t/h/i/n/g/ to her
and she misses him
she misses him so much
and she's alone
and she's lonely
and she's falling apart
but on the outside
she holds herself together
and it's a mask
it's not real
but it doesn't matter
because putting on a brave face
learning to grin and bear it
is how she's always
made
it
through
and she fights her emotions
every
last
one
because she can't break down
she can't fall apart
inside looking out or outside looking in
trapped either inside or outside herself
(she's screwed both ways)
and she doesn't think that she can handle
being /a/l/o/n/e/
for one more day
for one more hour
this is what everyone does
they
leave
her
and it's not his fault
it's not his choice
(but she needs someone to blame)
she doesn't want to be alone
not now
not ever
but, you see, she has no
C
H
O
I
C
E
daughter of Athena and son of Poseidon
maybe they were never really
/m/e/a/n/t/ to be
and maybe they are
she doesn't know anymore
and she'll give anything
but she
won't
give
up
because the fight
because the search
is all that she has left
and she's alone again
but not for long
and if she's going to burn
she might as well burn bright
and she might as well fight while she can
because she's half GREEK GOD
and damned if she lets someone
anyone
take this away from her
take him away from her...
so it's no surprise
the mark of Athena burns through Rome