-- I just wish that somewhere along this broken path… --
Broken glass litters my darken path, shards of crystal and,
Diamonds lay before my feet as I walk on them.
The noise of the crunching beneath my power
Can be heard with each step I take.
I look down at the glass, and I see a rippled image;
Not an image of me, but multiple figures of me.
Some are darkening, only glimpses of what I was;
Others are full and young, bright and brilliant.
Showing me what I use to have …then.
They all stare back at me, every single ripple,
Those cold calculating green eyes, hard and stern
Always watching never blinking, just waiting...
I look away, not wishing to see my face, not wishing to know,
To be reminded of what I've become, what I was…
I did it to protect the ones I loved, those who needed
The protection, I alone could offer at the time
The only one who would offer it at that time...?
I'm a betrayer… a murder, leader, warrior…
I'm hero turned villain and villain redeemed once again.
I left the world around me, and I returned again…
I left once more, to learn and stop what
I had found before when I had left for a second time.
I've left a mark on the lives of those who knew me this time.
I made a lasting impression on those who knew
Only me through my actions and name…
I wonder now, when I stare up at the sky at night,
And look into the twinkling stars; was it worth it all?
Has what I've done been for the best?
Or will all my carefully laid out plans,
The ones that would save the world,
Fall to shambles when someone else ruins them?
I don't know, and I can't meddle with the fate anymore.
I can only disappear and watch, hoping someone will rise to the call
And again …do what is necessary to save all that is held dear.
…I just wish there was another way
For I do not believe this way that shines now will last…
Forever is a very long time to wait…
But eternity is even longer…
I just wish there was another way…
Just this once, that's all I ask...