Mistaken

Mistaken

"I should have listened, it would have changed. I could have kept her out of danger."

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Why didn't I listen, I already knew.

I should have never loved you.

She tried to stop me, I fought her off,

She only protected me out of love.

I ran away, got you to come,

Only one moment before we were gone.

When she went back, she met her fate,

I almost killed myself out of hate.

I should have listened,

It would have changed.

I could have kept her out of danger.

Crowfeather, you went back to your Clan,

It tore my whole heart out again.

When I first began my apprenticeship,

I had no idea what it would have meant.

Never to love, to be alone,

To watch as other's relationships grow.

If I had stayed, I could have saved her,

Kept her from the horrible danger.

The badgers killed my poor Cinderpelt,

My broken heart will surely melt.

Now I know we were mistaken,

Her life certainly would not have been taken.