You'll never guess what happened this week. My DAD started watching FMA. I think I'm going to go into cardiac arrest (and I really don't need the help, har har). I also have a computer again for the first time in almost three months. What a week of surprises, eh? The only thing that sucks is that I have to send my computer back already (it's being technically retarded), so if I don't respond to you in the next few coming days (and/or if you've sent me anything recently) I blame that! I'll catch you soon as I get it back!

It's funny the way some things turn out. I've never been much good at poetry, but then I sit down, listening to a good song on repeat, and the words flow... take on a life of their own. I still don't know if it's any good, but I like it. It's been sitting in my harddrive for a long time now, needs to be enjoyed! I hope you enjoy this! I was inspired by a song by the Backstreet Boys (Yeah, I know – been a loooonng time!), though this took quite a different direction than the song did. It's a story in poem-form, or a poem in story-form. Which one should it be? Haven't got a clue. ^_^ Oh, my brain is soo fried!

I wrote it for Full Metal Alchemist's Edward and Alphonse Elric (say Elricest, and I'll eat your hand) and the stunning bond they share. No spoilers, just sincere brotherliness. Who's the one speaking, per say? I couldn't decide. It's up to your own discretion. All I know is what I've learned from watching them; it could be both.

I also post it now for my dear online buddy, Griselda Banks, who has been so horribly neglected by me these past few months, and whom I miss very much. This is some of my apology, and my hope she will still be willing to put up with me after I get my online-life back… I haven't forgotten you, my dear friend!

Silence me now…

Title: Promise Between Us
By: NewMoon
Anime: Full Metal Alchemist
Rating: G

I no longer regret
The choices we made
Throughout the span of our lives
I wouldn't trade
Any moment I spent with you
I'll never forget
The people we helped
Grew to love like family
The things we learned
Tested
Explored
The things we saw
And endured
The hurt and the joy
Of life
In the motions of a great current
And the failing perfection
As it weaves
But what I will always remember
With such vivid clarity
When I look back
Are the simple things
The piercing moments of you
Just you
Those long journeys
The lonely years
When it was just us
Dead-end travels
But you stuck by my side
And the things I learned about you
The way you let me in
Like you never had before
When I realized how much
You knew me
Better than I knew myself
How much
We needed each other
To live
To breathe
Exist at all
Knowing
We were all we had
United us
Within the span of eternity
The bond we forged ourselves
The pain
The fear
The wonder
The confusion
The discovery
And the love
Created and molded by the years
And the lives
The trials in them all
Bled into the life of our connection
We shared the burden
The heavy weight of our goals
Of the misgivings
The threats
Our weaknesses
And the terror
Of nights that never end
Never sure of the end
But still
We found reasons
To keep going
Keep trying
Keep fighting
Until we reached the close
Our own finale
We were molded stronger
In ways we could not comprehend
And the memories unforgotten
Through the passing of time
All of it
It changed us forever
Taught us who we could be
Created us as we are
Without it all
How could we ever be
Who we are now?
I can't regret the past
Even with the pain of mistakes
We both made
That there could have been
The fragile chance we'd be different
What a sad thought
That I could have missed out
On the companion
The best friend
The brother of both my blood and my heart
That I have now
I look at you
I can't imagine being any other way
My heart can't understand it
Without you with me
I lose myself
I'm not the same
You make me whole
Complete
My soul's link
And I shatter
At the thought of losing you
Don't disagree
You must understand
What you already know
No matter what you think of yourself
Not a thing you could say
Not a thing I could find out
Nothing could ever make me turn away from you
Knowing what I know
At our story's end
If ever given the chance
To go back
I want you to know
Without hesitation
I would do everything
All over again
Exactly the same
If it meant you and I
Were bonded as we are now
That you were my brother
As you are now
All the pain
Was worth the gift
The chance to learn
And love you as I do
No matter what happens
Wherever our travels and years and lives take us
You will always
Mean more to me than anything
The world could possibly give
Forever irreplaceable
The one thing
Equivalent Exchange
Never found an equal price for

... Ever.

Catch you soon…