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By: Princess Ruto I pace the floor
worried to death
Impa comes out
of our chamber and looks at me
Her eyes tell
me what she cannot say
I know what it
is
Fighting the lump
that rises in my tight throat
I walk to your
bedside
Your face is serene
The sun casts
a beam towards you
You seem to be
asleep
But I know you're
not
Why did this have
to happen Link
You were only
thirty
It seems only
yesterday the arrow peirced your side
Injecting the
terrible ailment
You forgot who
I was
And babbled for
days in a fever
Now you are at
peace
But so far away
from me
I brush a tender
kiss against your pale lips
And stroke your
brown locks for the last time
Why did you leave
me my Link
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You are dressed
in the tunic you wore so often
Candles surround
you
Your beloved crissord
lies at your side
You seem to be
sleeping
But I know you're
not
Crystal tears
smudge the kohl that rims my eyes
Falling on you
Trying to wake
you up
Trying to wake
me up from this nightmare
Please don't go
Hold me as you
used to again
On those humid
summer nights
Under the twinkling
starlight
Kiss me tenderly
again
Like you used
to every morning when I woke
Washed in the
dawn's rosy glow
The service is
done
They place you
in the cold ground
I can't help it
anymore
A sob escapes
my sore throat
My heart aches
You were my better
half
Now my soul is
incomplete
Why did you leave
me Link
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The cool night
air dries my tears as I look up at the stars
A new one rises
into the sky
Twinkling pulsaiting
You
My heart just
pains even more
Knowing you are
up there
So far away from
me
I wish I had taken
more time
To tell you I
truly loved you
I didn't show
it as much as I should have
As cool tears
drip down my drawn face
I look to our
sleeping daughter Cassia
How she has your
brown eyes
Your laugh
Though she is
just five
My soul burns
with consuming greif
I walk to where
she dreams serenely in peaceful slumber
I kiss her soft
cheek
And look back
to your star
I miss you so
much Link
I step again into
the cool twilight
Savouring the
soft scent and quiet
Wondering why
you have abandoned me
And dive off the
balcony
Into the dark
courtyard below
We are reunited
at last
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