Zelda's Grief

By: Princess Ruto

I pace the floor worried to death Impa comes out of the chamber and looks at me Her face reveals what she cannot say I know what it is Fighting a lump that rises in my tight throat I walk to your bedside Your face is serene The sun casts a beam toward 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 a terrible ailment You forgot who I was And babbled for several 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 much Candles surround you Your crissord lies at your side You seem to be sleeping But you're not Crystal tears smudge the kohl that rims my eyes Falling on you Trying to wake you up Trying to wake me 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 did every morning when I woke Washed n the new dawn's rose 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 on the stars A new one rises into the sky Twinkling pulsting You My heart just aches even more Knowing you are up there So far away from me I wish I had taken more time To confess how much I truly loved you I didn't show it as much as I could have As cool tears drip down my drawn face I look to our sleeping daughter Cassia How she has your brown eyes Your laugh My soul burns with consuming greif I walk to where she dreams serenely and at peace in slumber I kiss her cheek And look outside to your star I miss you so much Link I again step into the cool twilight Savouring the soft scent and the quiet Wondering why you have abandoned me And dive off the balcony Into the dark courtyard below We are together at last.