I see you lying broken there.
The rain soaks your once-shining hair,
Now caked in oozing mud.
I see the arrows in your side,
My fallen friend, my fallen guide,
Your mane awash with blood.
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You were the one who carried me,
Through fields, up mountains, to the sea,
From dawn to dusk to dawn.
But who is there to bear me now?
How can I find another – how,
When I know you are gone?
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My heart beats on at frenzied pace
To see the look upon that face,
Your eyes as clear as glass.
I try to choke out my goodbyes,
For there is knowledge in those eyes.
You know what must now pass.
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It was not how you were meant to go,
Slain by the savage archer's blow,
Forever thrown your gait.
You still had so much life to live,
And I to you my heart to give,
But now it is too late.
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And now I see your chest contract.
Your pale tail twitches and goes slack,
And darkness clouds your mind.
You whinny out your final sighs,
The life seeps from your pain-filled eyes,
And now your eyes are blind.
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I'm holding Malon in my arm.
She thought you'd never come to harm.
I always thought the same.
In my embrace she starts to shake,
And I am sure my heart will break
As she cries out your name.
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I have the ocarina near,
That instrument to me so dear,
Most sacred relic of men.
I've clutched it for so very long,
It seems to know there's now one song
I'll never need again.
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They'll tell me that I should not care;
I have far greater friends still there.
But whom else do I know?
Who will consent to carrying me
To reaches far as there may be,
And I will love them so?
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My knees give out, my heart it yearns,
And something raw that stings and burns
Is filling up my eyes.
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I am the Hero of Time, they say.
They must have erred along that way.
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A hero never cries.
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A/N: I did not write this because I think I am a poet. I wrote it because recently we found out that our dog, Sadie, had thyroid cancer, and on June 20th she died from complications due to the surgery. This poem is dedicated to her, and to anyone else who has ever lost an animal that they loved.
