- That Candle Held -
(Halo (c) Microsoft Studios, Bungie & related creators; Red vs. Blue (c) the Rooster Teeth team. Text (c) L.Q. Coverdale. Spoilers for the end of Red vs Blue: Revelation.)
Alpha, Omega,
Epsilon, Delta, Sigma and him
The chosen herald of all that happened
To them
The candle lit in their absence ...
It began in the Gulch far from here,
Dusted and dry, so sad, deserving tears;
Deadpan and temperamental,
In the cobalt blue ...
He has lit a candle for you
Not the brightest under the sun,
But with oxen's strength,
He was persistent, his childishness rank
Yet you became attached to him, that single blue one ...
You have thanked him as the battle is won
A.I., copy, original
They all seem pointless, the terminology now
Sleeping in the memories long and far gone
The charge of your memory, you wonder how ...
No such thing as a ghost, that much is true
But is a wandering soul worthy of nonsense that flew?
Until you are found again, rediscovered anew,
He will keep shining brightly
That candle for you ...
Church, Alpha, Leonard and friend -
You have been called many things,
Up until the end;
Now at rest, in the memories your mind will mend ...
You will hold no longer dear to you
The pain of being forgotten.
Author's Note: Recognize the harmony? In the spirit of my Scene to Ride of the Valkyries poem, I chose another old song to base the flow off of. This time it's Siúil A Rúin, an old Irish folk song. (And therefore, copyright free - in all seriousness, nobody knows how this song came to be.)