Years

upon years have passed...

Everything has changed, but somehow

nothing else has.

Magnolia has grown

Fairy Tail has grown, and I've watched

from afar.

...

I've held the hand of a little one

with blonde hair, brown eyes

like her mother,

And I watched the one I love

have her with a different person

...

It goes to show

even the greatest of love

can be broken, can form a new bond

And generation after generation

I've helped more of the Heartfilia children

Never staying, never becoming attached

But they become attached to me

And each time a little boy or girl

with Lucy's eyes

gives me a Lucy smile

I feel like I'm breaking all over again

...

Generations after

the Fairy Tail I've known has passed

I'm still there.

Lucy isn't, but

I have her in my heart

and I stare at the city from afar

and I remember

"I love you"

from a better time