Disclaimer: I don't own Portal. I don't own Half-Life. I don't own the idea of writing about either. Hell, I don't even own any cake.

Ode to a Weighted Companion Cube

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It was my one and only friend,

Since it was brought to me from that tube.

And still I let the poor thing die,

My Weighted Companion Cube.

It was always nice to me,

Never once uttered a threat.

It may have lacked in personality,

But still I owe it a great debt.

For it kept me company,

It was like a friendly face.

That let me know I was not alone

In this dark and hostile place.

And it gave me someone to talk to,

Even if a response it could never make,

I told it all my hopes and dreams

And the promises of cake.

The cube was only meant to push down buttons,

But for me it was so much more.

Which is why an order from the testers

Chilled me to the core.

They called me during testing

And they said make no mistake.

If you don't destroy your companion cube

You don't get any cake.

A vent to the furnace opened,

And my cube I did throw in.

It broke my heart to do so,

But I had to do it to win.

The testing did continue

With new cubes to try to ease my pain.

But none of them were MY cube.

I would never see him in this life again

But the wretched pain of loss

I did not have long to bear.

As where there should have been delicious cake

Was only the furnace's red glare.

For it seems that the delicious cake

Was actually a lie.

To lure me to a hot place

Where I shall surly die.

So into the fires that stole my cube

I shall also pass.

But I don't fear this burning death

As it will reunite me with my cube at last.

And we will spend eternity

In our little private hell.

And we will talk about our hopes and dreams

And maybe have some cake as well.

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Author's notes: Well, what do you think? It's the first thing I've done that wasn't a crackfic. I just liked portal too much to think a lot of random stuff happening would do it justice. Still, I don't write poems much (or ever, if you don't include today), so I'm not sure how much this sucked.

Edit: Hey, portal has its own section now, I'd better move this there.