Notes: Thank you to olhai, Nao-san, and Niteskye for reviewing. Sends out hugs to reviewers. Anyway, this one is an Asgard poem, from the POV of Bud. I really love his relationship with his brother...those were some sad episodes. It's free verse, which is never my favorite, but oh well. Anyway, please leave reviews!!
My Shadow
I thought you never knew about the brother who was only a shadow
I thought you didn't know how much I hated you
You always had everything—the love, the glory, the righteousness
And I was only the darkness that followed behind, forever
They gave you all that was good while I received only what I earned
It was so easy for you, I thought, and so hard for me
I didn't know that you had pain, too, in your life
So I hated you so much, wanted everything you had
I was stronger, I deserved to be someone, didn't I?
But I could only follow in your shadow, half a warrior
Lucky, lucky you, who I would replace only if you died in battle
And I prayed that you would fall soon so I could have glory once
But when the time came, I could not let you die on your own
Nor could I kill you with my own sinful hands, though you were willing
"Why? Why?" I asked him, "Why was I made to hate my brother?"
And he told me, "Sometimes life makes us hate the people
Who should be closest to us, but at the end of it all,
Children will still love their parents, and brothers will still be brothers.
He was your one and only little brother, and no matter what,
You could not forget that fact." He was wise, and a brother too.
Oh, my brother, does the understanding never come but too late?
And I want to believe in his words of such sweet faith
That even if their fates are meant to be harsh, his and his brother's
They will keep fighting in the hope of going forward
To a future where all can live together in peace
So it will be for us, my brother, one day