young, happy

carefree

friends, family

love

warmth, home

content

young

dusky summer evening

play too late

ignoring calls

fun

laughter

foolish

moonrise

head home

sound behind

turn

fear

run

run

wild fear

desperate flight

fall

teeth

pain

frenzy

blood

blind

pain

tearing, ripping, searing

pain

scream

shouts

flash

of light

pain

darkness

healed

but not healed

never healed

cursed

eternally

slave

to cruel beauty

happy — no longer

carefree — no longer

friends — no longer

all gone

left

alone

with moonlight

alone

with coldness

alone

a chance

a shining

star

of hope

a kind

old man...

society

once again

friends

not for years

friends

once more

helping hands

smiles

laughter

trust

shared secrets

companionship

content

discovery

no

wild

panic

despair

friends

given

only to be

taken away

again

alone

so alone...

no?

friends

still friends

elated

grateful

relieved

friends

remain

grief

tearing

deeper

than the moon

ripping

heart

to shreds

friends

gone

three

dead

one

a traitor

friends

torn away

yet again

truth

terrifying

relief

two friends

dead

one

a traitor

one

alive

one

true

one

friend

returns

from hell

itself

shining

ray of hope

once more

gratitude

happiness

love

friend

flees

from fate

worse

than death

fugitive

wrongly

blamed

while true

villain

holds hero's

name

alone again

but

not quite

for

true friend

flees

hides

is feared

but...

is alive

friend

returns

together

again

so many

years

of despair

of regret

of guilt

finally

finally

friend

returns

lost time

repaid

laughter

once again

happiness

even in face

of despair

happiness

for friendship

no

not again

please

no...

devastating

loss

the last loss

three friends

dead

one

a traitor

will the cycle

never end?

cycle

of loss

of grief

of pain

of sorrow

of guilt...

of hope

renewed

of happiness

regained

of friendship...

and then...

alone again

so alone

alone

with the hard,

cruel

moon

and a few

frozen

tears...

alone.