This I never got to Tell
Chapter 2
Meant to Be
Though the battle I must ride
With the Own and you at my side
You touch my arm and I look your way
Hazel and blue meet, not knowing what to say
This battle may claim our lives, may be our last
It's time to piece together the past
Mounted upon our steeds, we set out at a steady pace
I let my mind drift, and it gives me a picture of your face
We had spent a lot of time together, as friends
Never thought it would change to be more
Only a kiss on the cheek and the holding of a door
I see you ahead of me
I think perhaps we are not meant to be
I look to the ground and close my eyes
Who cares about love when, in this battle, he or I might die?
The horns sound
Orders, shouts and screams melt into one cry
Hooves pound at the ground
I see brave men fall and die
You either fight and win, or fight and lose
Either way, you have to pay your dues
To the Crown, to the realm, I have many
To the end of the world they may send me
But do I fill your expectations, do I play my part?
Do I even have a duty to my heart?
I see you fight
Your blade reflects off a strange yellow light
Not magic
The light of the sun
That light gives me hope
As I ride ahead to meet my demise
You cry out, call my name
Trying to protect me
No
I won't obey
I want to finish this
Orders won't make me stay
I ride toward the warlord, glaive in hand
I don't care if I sacrifice myself for this land
He puts an arrow to the string and lets it free...
I still ride
I will live I whispered
I know I lied
Another arrow digs into my chest
I would finish this Scanran pest
Two more arrows are fired
On the saddle I begin to sway
The sun still shines through today
I fall from the saddle with a gasp
My vision swims I know I will not last
I see you run to me
I thought perhaps we were not meant to be
I look to the ground and close my eyes
Who cares about love when, in this battle, I knew I would die?
You wipe the blood from my face
At your touch my blood begins to race
It pulses through my wound to soak the dirt
I realized, with you by, it doesn't seem to hurt
Tears shine on your cheeks
Your eyes seem to shine as the tears leak
You quickly bandage the wound
Like you did my heart
And I realize an emotion I had been holding back was this
It could only be described with a kiss
You lift my body onto the saddle and mount behind me
Arms wrapped around me to hold the reins
Your warmth wraps around me, one I will miss
Riding back to shelter, I let myself be comforted by your presence
As we near the camp
A mage lamp showing the way
I felt my life give away
I turn my head and see your face
The sunset gives your features an odd sense of grace
Blue eyes soft and grave
You sense that I cannot be saved
I watch you dismount and sighed
It is not a sigh of contentment, of annoyance
It was a sigh of death
For I breathed my last breath
But the image that follows is one of calm
Even as I drift into the Peaceful Realms I supposed that we were meant to be
You and me
A good couple some would have said
Had I not been dead
You are no longer yourself, a shell
Sometimes you wonder if you're in a heaven
But you conclude you're in a living hell
You throw yourself off Balor's Needle, out of grief of a young love
Not blossomed to its full form
Inside your heart there had been a storm
Should you have let me go and moved on?
Or continued on alone?
Your blue eyes are bright now
As you kneel and take my hand asking me to seal a marriage vow
I accept
My heat is singing
My ears are ringing
A new life is beginning
I see you facing me
I think perhaps we are now meant to be
I look to the ground
You lift my chin to meet your eyes and my silent heart begins to pound
Hazel and blue meet, knowing at last what to say
Who cares about death when you have love, a love that's to stay?
A good couple, some now say
You are yourself again no longer a shell
We are in a heaven, above a hell
All we needed was each other
Two names and one fief
For only Neal knew that Dom would join me out of grief
So the grave now stands
Joining two people and their lands
Rest in Peace
Domitan and Keladry of Masbolle
