~The Lives You Left~

I wish I'd known the story sooner,

Listened to your voice once more, heard your final wish

Before you leapt from the edge

Out of our hearts.

You're an immortal,

Though you're never here.

I cannot be me when I know

You're never here.

The unintentional wound,

A ray of light was its intention;

Though I saw it in your eyes:

You didn't want to go.

But you did!

You knew the wrong, and chose the right

Chose to stop the fight for if you didn't

Only more pain would come.

They share their sympathy, cry tears with me,

Thought they could never have my eyes,

Burned from acid tears,

Stained with your last moments.

I know I must continue.

I am not meant for

Sorrow, pain, grief.

You'd want to leave all over again.

Just hear my words,

Hear my call one last time

Before you leave again,

Trailing cypress scent as you depart.

Thank you for the memories,

The Joy, the Sad, the good, the bad.

And know, my dear friend,

You'll never pass within them.

This is my first attempt at a complete poem. It's highly unprofessional and not high-quality, but this was a bit of a vent-y thing I had to get out. I'm about to lose someone close to me, and I haven't been able to get how Joy must've felt about Bing Bong fading away out of my head for the longest time. I decided to write a poem in particular on this topic because, as a quick search in Fanfiction's archives will show, numerous people have already written full-fledged stories on Joy's grief. I figured a poem is a far more original idea, so I went with that.

The second chapter of my other IO fic, Killjoys, is in the works; I just really had to get this out of my system.

Thank you so much for reading :)

~Pixel