English is not my native language. Please forgive me my mistakes.
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Timeline: Set in the movie universe. After the movie. AU
Universe: Set in the movie universe; NOT the book which goes with it.
Romance: Logan/Rogue
Summary: The death of a dream, the bittersweet illusion of love. Poemlike.
Archiving: Want, ASK, take, have.
Feedback: Yes, please. My e-mail address is neh@post10.tele.dk.
Rating: PG-13/R
Author's notes: A dark poem because I'm depressed. For Autumn because she encouraged me to try writing poetry.
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Logan, come to me
I can't walk any further
Shh, don't speak
Not a word, my love
All will be all right
You're strong
You will live on
Your cheek is so wet
Is it raining?
Can you hear?
Music and singing
Can you see?
Darkness is coming
Closer and closer
We have fought for so long
I can fight no longer
Don't ask it of me
Don't ask what I can't give
I have lost so much
But you have always been there
To guide me
To protect me
Hold me now
Please, stay with me
Keep me warm
The night feels so cold
My love, this is what was meant to be
Don't fight what can't be changed
I'm a peace now
I don't feel any pain anymore
I hear music
Do you hear it?
Soft and gentle
It grows stronger
I feel the night move in
I feel the darkness grow closer
Are you still with me?
I can't see you anymore
Your words die in the air
I can't hear them
The singing is so loud
It's such a sweet sound
I feel so cold
Is it cold?
I feel so tired
So tired
Tell me, tell me
Where are we?
Where are we going?
I seem to have forgotten
That's nice
We're in a flowery field
It's summer and warm
It's peaceful and birds sing
Yes, that does sound nice
I'm not afraid anymore
I can't feel the cold
Are your arms around me?
Holder me closer
I can't feel you
I feel the darkness grow
Ever closer
Ever darker
Ever stronger
I have no regrets
I have no words to say to you
But this you'll always know
I loved you till the end
The light is dimming now
I feel my eyelids grow ever heavier
I'll rest now
Just for a while
Stay with me till I fall asleep
Hold me close
I just need to rest for a little while
I just need to close my eyes
Just for a moment
Her eyes closed
She lay still in his arms
She looked happier
More at peace
Than she had in years
He lifted her up
Carried her in his arms
He fought down the pain
In his heart
As he cradled her close to his chest
She had been the last
The last link
His last hope
Everyone else where gone
She had never recovered
From the massacre
Where they had lost so many
Yet somehow her maddened mind
Had kept him sane
He had never wanted to believe
Human intolerance
Human stupidity
Could be so devastating and cruel
He had learned the hard way
That hope was dying
Light was fading
A dream was dead and buried
He turned with her in his arms
And heard what she had thought was music
They came closer
Yet he couldn't leave her
She was all he had left
Scott faced the tanks
As they rolled towards him
Through the shoot down town
Marie still in his arms
He would not leave her
He could not
He had given a friend a promise
And he intended to honour it
The words he had spoken then
The promise given to a friend
To a brother in arms
Made it clear what he had to do
"I promised her…. I would always take care of her. Don't let me break my word. Keep that promise for me."
And he intended to
He intended to
The End