A poem written by Percy. A little bit of AU. Assumed pairings are Luke/Percy and Percy/Nico.

Breathe Again

I love you.

I loved you from the first moment at camp.

I was twelve and you were nineteen,

but I didn't care,

Boy, was I naive.

Our secret romance started

with nothing but a stare,

but involved so much more,

it's really hard to compare.

You stole my innocence,

but I let you take it,

I wanted you to hold my heart too,

crazy as it seems.

Then you left me,

cheated us all.

You made me feel like it was all my fault.

We meant again a year later in a dream,

I asked you why and you apologized

"It's not easy as it seems"

So I took you back,

I said I loved you again and we did those things.

Then you left me, dying, crying for you to see.

Next winter I came back with the girl you betrayed,

you still had feelings for her,

that made me jealous beyond belief.

So we fought, her and I, and I made stupid mistakes.

The girl I was falling for almost died,

you were to blame.

Next summer was like going through a maze,

lies, betrayals, that boy who lied to his heart,

but you were behind it again.

You gave up your life,

—and mine as well—

for what you believed in.

Even though it wasn't right,

you left me again.

As I was nearing sixteen,

I thought I left you behind.

I had two girls now,

both different yet the same.

Secretly that boy, the one lying to himself,

he stayed and watched, waiting for me to see myself.

I lost many friends,

all because of you!

You killed me inside,

and I wanted to kill you.

That girl I fell for,

you took her away,

she still loved you,

more than I could bare to see.

The other had her destiny,

she said I had mine,

told me "Move on, you're strong"

then left me alone to lie.

As I watched you die,

on my sweet sixteen,

it made me cry,

broke my heart and killed me.

You made me promise,

to never let this happen again,

but the real words were the ones you whispered in my head.

As your soul left this world,

your spirit came to me,

you whispered in my ear

"I'll always love you Percy."

After that you left me again,

left me broken and torn.

That girl I loved,

she couldn't do much but morn.

Soon enough, she left me too.

The romance I and her shared,

could only confused,

it wasn't worth air.

As I sat alone,

wishing you back to life,

that boy in the shadows came up,

and offered me light.

He took my hand,

and lead me away,

saying everything would be okay.

He whispered "Don't be scared,

Everyone dies,

but I promise to keep you whole inside."

So that started my recovery,

a new romance was born,

not because of my mother, father, Aphrodite or others.

We just fit together, him and I,

there was no one that tried to stop us,

so we would just collide.

Every secret kiss was like a band-aid,

every sweet word he said helped find a piece,

he fixed my broken heart,

and helped me find me.

You'll always be my first love,

—my first time, my first kiss—

but I have to move on,

because you are dead, long gone.

I'll hold a place in my heart for you, Luke,

but I can't stay in one place.

Nico found me on the bridge of death,

he pulled me back and helped me breathe again.

Know this,

our love,

our affair,

our secret romance,

it will always hold our paths together,

but I can't stay,

I'm sorry.

When we were together,

my lungs stopped working,

you were my life support,

I just couldn't live!

Nico finally made me breath again.

Goodbye.

I love you,

but I need to go now.

Thanks for reading!

~Goddess of the Multiverses