My Broken Promise
Disclaimer:
Toboe: I hope you all enjoy. I had a hard time writing this. This is the fourth one of my Death poems. It's Toboe's. What Toboe says is like "this" and what he thinks is like this and what others say is like "this". Please enjoy. :,(
I promised Blue.
I promised her that no matter what happened
I would take care of Pops
She has done it all by herself for so long.
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I just wanted to help.
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So many things I have done wrong
So many people I have wronged
I want to do this right!
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No!
Darcia!
You can't!
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He doesn't not even glance at me
Young, inexperienced
I pose no threat
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I am not strong like the others
I'm not as big as them
Not as brave
Nor smart
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He speaks of destiny and stalks towards the old man,
Ignoring my warning snarl and raised tail
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"It's forbidden for you to step into this territory if you are an unclean creature"
"I cannot allow you to go any further."
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His wolf eye pulses and stares Pops down
Darcia has no though for me
I am only a pup
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They raise their guns
I am frozen
worthless as always
How many times have I failed?
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NO!
I have to keep Pops safe for Blue
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My paws have brought me so far
Who would have though such a useless pup could have done this?
Try to reach Paradise
It's so strange
I wonder what Granny would think about my journey
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My foolish paws
They saved Pops for me
He is not injured
I took the bullet
But I hurt so bad
Run Pops...
Run
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You have no use for me.
But
Tell the others I was brave,
That I tried
Please...
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But he doesn't run?
Stumbling over to me,
he hunches over my body
oblivious to Darcia aiming at his skull.
I can't let him die!
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I put all my energy into one lunge
I grasp Darcia's arm in my jaws.
Feel the gunshot graze my face
The sound makes my ears ring
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I can stop him,
I can save Pops
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But…
why isn't he in pain?
His warm blood drips down my jaws as I hang from his arm,
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A long scratch on my face burns from where I stopped the blow
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"I no longer feel pain." He says as if answering some unspoken question
"Jaguara's poison is slowly gnawing away at me."
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Oh,
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No,
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He throws me.
It hurts!
I tied so hard Blue
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I hear the gunshot
hear him fall.
I can't let it end like this
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"Old man"
I lift my self up
Darcia is gone but I don't care
I'm so sorry Blue
"Old man"
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Each step jars my wound
"I'm sorry…"
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I can't seem to get enough air
"I…"
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"I… was the one that shot you"
He is still alive!
I have… to tell him
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The warm blood creeps down my chest
"I…
made a promise…
to Blue…
that I would protect you."
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I gasp for breath
"But… I failed."
"I'm sorry"
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I have to get to him.
Even though it hurts so much
I want him to know that I tried
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I don't want him to die alone
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Why did Blue entrust me with Pops
look where that got him
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But I think that over time… I have proven myself
Otherwise how could I be here?
Would they have put up with me if I hadn't?
If only I tried harder
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"I wanted to stay with you, like Blue, and protect you"
"It would have been nice if everyone…"
I can't walk any farther
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My back legs collapsed but I pull myself forward
I have to finish…
"…could have gone to paradise together."
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I'm here now, but my head is so heavy.
I'm so sleepy
The pain.
Its going away
I'm so numb
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"Please let me sleep here"
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His arm is so soft
And I feel a hand on my head
It is so… soothing…
He pets me,
Like Granny would
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I wanted to go to Paradise so bad
I don't want to die.
I really don't
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Poor Pops
He doesn't want to die either
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It's okay Pops
I'm here