Love
Cloud. . .!? What are you. . .!? Where are you going!? You can't just ride away Cloud; you can't just disappear off into the sunset! No, I don't doubt you could do anything, but people need you, Cloud. I know Tifa needs you.
Oh, Cloud, I never wanted you to do this. I couldn't bear if you forgot me, but I also want you to be happy. Tifa loves you Cloud, please don't turn your back on her when she needs you so much. I. . . I love you too Cloud, but to keep everything I love safe, I had to leave it all behind. I won't be sad Cloud, and it hurts me to know that you won't let go. I won't ever forget you; in fact I'm always with you. Don't be sad Cloud. I'm happy knowing that you all have lives to live, and the only thing I want is to see you and Tifa smile.
Time will pass, and things will change but no matter what, I'll always be with you. All of you. Because I know I'm loved and remembered, I go on living in your hearts. Nanaki, Vincent, Barret, Reeve, Cid, Yuffie, Tifa, and you Cloud. You mean so much to me. I watch you grow and change, and although I miss you more than I can say, it'll all be okay. Sometimes, I pretend I can talk to you and that you can hear me whispering down to you on the wind. I'd tell Red to never be afraid, Vincent that he's not alone in the darkness, Barret that he'll always have friends he can depend on, Reeve that he can go all the way to the top, Cid to just tell Shera that he cares and stop hiding it, Yuffie that I'm happier for her and Reno than she'll ever know, Tifa to be just as happy as she can be, and Cloud. . . There's so much I want to tell you, Cloud.
If I had just one more day, one more sunset, one more breath I know what I'd tell you Cloud. And it's because you gave me the courage to be the best I could be that I could do what I did. I didn't know what it would mean when I decided to go Cloud, but I accepted the consequences because when I looked into your eyes I knew I could be more than I ever thought I could be. Like I could be. . .me. And that was okay.
I think that I finally figured it out, though. It took me a long time, but I said I'd find you Cloud, and I did. I found you deep inside my heart, and that last night when I saw you standing over me I finally knew the truth.
I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to show you the way, Cloud, but Tifa was always there to hold you up. She led you through the maze your mind became, and she never looked back. And it's because she loves you Cloud. I prayed for someone to help her, and in the end she needed none. She'll always be there to catch you when you fall, and likewise so will I. When you two fell into the Lifestream, I was beside you. When you took your first flight in the Highwind, I was there. When Holy could fight no more I did the only thing I knew how.
You said you would 'meet me there', Cloud, but what did you mean? There's something you've been hiding from even yourself. I think. . . I think you knew all along that you couldn't stay with Tifa, but you were scared to admit it. And Tifa will let you go tonight because she wants you to be happy, even if that means not being with her. And it's because she loves you Cloud.
What I'd tell you Cloud. . . I'd tell you that love is forever. I know people fight, sometimes they get hurt, and then they go their separate ways. But somewhere, under all the pain and anger, a part of love lives on. Tifa will still be waiting for you a thousand years from now when no one remembers our names or what we did. Please, please turn around Cloud and go back. Looking back on every day I spent telling you how much I wanted to be with you again, it's funny and sad that now I'm on my knees pleading for you to stop.
I died for you, Cloud, I'm crying for you now. Please stop making me hurt inside. I want the best of both worlds when I can have neither, and although I try to be strong for you I'm breaking Cloud. I guess. . . I guess it's because I love you too. Tifa will still be waiting for you, but a part of me will always be here hoping against hope for your warm embrace. I want to be with you, Cloud, but I never want to hurt Tifa. She is my best friend, and she deserves happiness every bit as much as you do. I'm crying now because I'm dead, Cloud, and neither of us can let the past alone. I'm gone and I can never have all the things I wanted, see all the things I wanted, and never make you smile again.
And yet. . . love is forever. Maybe belief in truth, beauty and love can transcend even death itself. Happiness is where you find it, and that's not always where you look.
I said before that I believe that you can do anything you want to, Cloud, and I don't regret it. If you truly believe with your heart, then you will find me. But Cloud, even if there is a way, I couldn't live again knowing that I had been returned just to find you giving your heart away to someone else. There are worse things then death. But if you. . . if you really love me Cloud, and you believe in yourself, and me, maybe one day we will find happiness.
There's a salty taste on my lips, but I've dried my eyes. I will be waiting for you Cloud, and I'll be waiting here. I love you Cloud, and when I finally see your blue eyes smiling back at me, I'll fly into your arms and forever there I'll be. Love is forever, and happiness is here to stay.
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Cloud. . .!? What are you. . .!? Where are you going!? You can't just ride away Cloud; you can't just disappear off into the sunset! No, I don't doubt you could do anything, but people need you, Cloud. I know Tifa needs you.
Oh, Cloud, I never wanted you to do this. I couldn't bear if you forgot me, but I also want you to be happy. Tifa loves you Cloud, please don't turn your back on her when she needs you so much. I. . . I love you too Cloud, but to keep everything I love safe, I had to leave it all behind. I won't be sad Cloud, and it hurts me to know that you won't let go. I won't ever forget you; in fact I'm always with you. Don't be sad Cloud. I'm happy knowing that you all have lives to live, and the only thing I want is to see you and Tifa smile.
Time will pass, and things will change but no matter what, I'll always be with you. All of you. Because I know I'm loved and remembered, I go on living in your hearts. Nanaki, Vincent, Barret, Reeve, Cid, Yuffie, Tifa, and you Cloud. You mean so much to me. I watch you grow and change, and although I miss you more than I can say, it'll all be okay. Sometimes, I pretend I can talk to you and that you can hear me whispering down to you on the wind. I'd tell Red to never be afraid, Vincent that he's not alone in the darkness, Barret that he'll always have friends he can depend on, Reeve that he can go all the way to the top, Cid to just tell Shera that he cares and stop hiding it, Yuffie that I'm happier for her and Reno than she'll ever know, Tifa to be just as happy as she can be, and Cloud. . . There's so much I want to tell you, Cloud.
If I had just one more day, one more sunset, one more breath I know what I'd tell you Cloud. And it's because you gave me the courage to be the best I could be that I could do what I did. I didn't know what it would mean when I decided to go Cloud, but I accepted the consequences because when I looked into your eyes I knew I could be more than I ever thought I could be. Like I could be. . .me. And that was okay.
I think that I finally figured it out, though. It took me a long time, but I said I'd find you Cloud, and I did. I found you deep inside my heart, and that last night when I saw you standing over me I finally knew the truth.
I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to show you the way, Cloud, but Tifa was always there to hold you up. She led you through the maze your mind became, and she never looked back. And it's because she loves you Cloud. I prayed for someone to help her, and in the end she needed none. She'll always be there to catch you when you fall, and likewise so will I. When you two fell into the Lifestream, I was beside you. When you took your first flight in the Highwind, I was there. When Holy could fight no more I did the only thing I knew how.
You said you would 'meet me there', Cloud, but what did you mean? There's something you've been hiding from even yourself. I think. . . I think you knew all along that you couldn't stay with Tifa, but you were scared to admit it. And Tifa will let you go tonight because she wants you to be happy, even if that means not being with her. And it's because she loves you Cloud.
What I'd tell you Cloud. . . I'd tell you that love is forever. I know people fight, sometimes they get hurt, and then they go their separate ways. But somewhere, under all the pain and anger, a part of love lives on. Tifa will still be waiting for you a thousand years from now when no one remembers our names or what we did. Please, please turn around Cloud and go back. Looking back on every day I spent telling you how much I wanted to be with you again, it's funny and sad that now I'm on my knees pleading for you to stop.
I died for you, Cloud, I'm crying for you now. Please stop making me hurt inside. I want the best of both worlds when I can have neither, and although I try to be strong for you I'm breaking Cloud. I guess. . . I guess it's because I love you too. Tifa will still be waiting for you, but a part of me will always be here hoping against hope for your warm embrace. I want to be with you, Cloud, but I never want to hurt Tifa. She is my best friend, and she deserves happiness every bit as much as you do. I'm crying now because I'm dead, Cloud, and neither of us can let the past alone. I'm gone and I can never have all the things I wanted, see all the things I wanted, and never make you smile again.
And yet. . . love is forever. Maybe belief in truth, beauty and love can transcend even death itself. Happiness is where you find it, and that's not always where you look.
I said before that I believe that you can do anything you want to, Cloud, and I don't regret it. If you truly believe with your heart, then you will find me. But Cloud, even if there is a way, I couldn't live again knowing that I had been returned just to find you giving your heart away to someone else. There are worse things then death. But if you. . . if you really love me Cloud, and you believe in yourself, and me, maybe one day we will find happiness.
There's a salty taste on my lips, but I've dried my eyes. I will be waiting for you Cloud, and I'll be waiting here. I love you Cloud, and when I finally see your blue eyes smiling back at me, I'll fly into your arms and forever there I'll be. Love is forever, and happiness is here to stay.
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