(Authors Note: This poem is written as if Duo Maxwell had died. Oddly enough, the idea came to me when I was trying to get to sleep. I hope that doesn’t affect it too badly. I won’t give away whose P.O.V. it’s from, but I’ll give you a hint; it’s the last person you’d expect.)
A burning flame has turned to jade
A pain is present in the air
An empty space none can repair
A happy laugh, a wondrous friend
Has lost his way and met his end
And now there are not five, but four
The loss brings longing; end this war
For one more face will cease to smile
This death brought on in sad and vile
And so we kneel around a grave
Where our friend Shini-Gami lay
And he will never breathe once more
The reaper came and closed the door
But his laugh whispers in the breeze
His happy smile in life and trees
I see his face each place I stand
In rugged earth, in gentle sand
I hear him speaking, “Do not cry
For in my eyes, I did not die”
And I say, “Shini-Gami, go
This pain is something you don’t know”
So now he’s gone, and wont come back
My life has all been thrown off track
He gave his life that we might live
And such a precious gift to give
But why, O Shini-Gami, why
Why can I live when you can die?
Yet Shini-Gami answers not
From his grave where he shall rot
And now I feel the guilt inside
Replace my normal strength and pride
I wonder why I never said
How I may feel if he were dead
If only I had let it show
So on his deathbed, he would know
“It wasn’t hate I felt toward you
I admire each thing you do”
That’s why I never spoke a word
For fear that Shini-Gami heard
But it’s too late to tell him now
I wipe the sweat off of my brow
I see the flowers in my hand
That Shini-Gami would think grand
And lay them gently on the ground
My heavy breath the only sound
At last, I speak a quiet prayer
“I hope you hear me under there
I miss you, and I feel this pain
A wish to bring you back again
So hear me Shini-Gami, do
And understand life’s dull without you
Well, if we ever meet again
I’ll save confessions until then
I’m looking forward to that day
I’ll miss you, love, your friend, Wufei”