They're all dead
All my friends
Family
Loved ones
Gone forever from this world
Lost to the bubbles of dreams and forgotten memories
So many of those close to me have died
Even those I didn't like
Or never even knew
Have gone, left reality behind

But at least I got to see them go;
My Father and Rose and even Myself
Got to watch the light leave their eyes
Got to feel their final breath purse their lips
Got to hold them as their bodies grew cold in my arms
Their skin paling under my silent tears

But not these friends

I didn't see Dave
Didn't see him die protecting the one he loved
Didn't see that lost expression in his bright red eyes,
the same shade as the viscous liquid
dripping from his silent veins onto the cold stone,
That no longer need shades to cover them

Nor Jade
My sister that I missed for most of my life
Whom I spent toiling away the long hours with
On that cursed vessel of gold
My beloved friend who couldn't resist temptation
And in the end gave in to the darkness in all our hearts
Placed there by the whiles of angry witches

Jake and Jane
Son and Daughter
Mother and Father
I never even knew
Never got to talk to
To laugh with
Or to share stories
Of our adventures in this demented game

Though I did not know him long
Karkat was one of the best friends I have ever had
He was kind to me
Even when I did not understand
But now he's gone too
And I don't even know what happened
Just that the look in her eyes as she thinks of him
Turns to one as empty as the deepest void of Paradox Space

Dave
Jade
Kanaya
Karkat
Aranea
Jane
Jake
Even Rose

Are all dead
And I want to fix this
But I don't know how
How can they expect me to save them?
I can't even control this power
Can't even save myself

I am going to die soon as well
I don't know how
or why
or when
Time and Space have never been my strong suite
But I will
Soon
And I do know this;
That when I do
When I leave this world
To one of dream-like darkness
I will not meet them there
I will not reunite with those I have lost
I will be alone in my final journey

But for now
They are all gone

And I'm still here