Disclaimer: I don't own Animorphs…

A/N: Hello everyone and welcome to "Secrets", a collection of poetry based on different Animorphs situations and characters. This is my FIRST SHOT at Animorphs poetry, so please, no flames! And I have way too many poems to post as individual fics, so VOILA, an entire collection! … Anyway, the first poem in this collection is entitled "The Best Way Home". I find it's a good introduction, since it's about the night the Animorphs walked through the construction site and realized what they had to do to protect their world. I personnally think Jake should be the narrator, but any Animorph can apply. With that said, enjoy! More poems will be coming soon, in "Secrets".

Secrets

By Sinister Shadow

"The Best Way Home"

Such an innocent choice

Nothing to worry about

Still all I heard was that voice

Saying "Find another way out"

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But we didn't listen

For all we had to hear

Was our fate, that had fallen

From a dark cloud of fear

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It seemed so innocent then

But destiny had us swirled

Left to fend for ourselves

And for this whole doomed world

- - -

In my bed

When nightfall comes to rest

I'll think that hope is dead…

But we will try our best

- - -

And maybe…

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Maybe somehow, we won't regret it

Maybe someday, we'll know we've won

But for now, we can't surrender

And we can't have too much fun

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But call on me when you are bleeding

Pick me up, and I'll keep running

Because we're the only hope

And as I walk alone I think

"Tonight, we took the best way home"

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A lot of time has passed

Since that dreadful night

Enjoying life while it lasts

And we haven't given up this fight

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Tell me what you're thinking

I'm here to listen

And I'm not criticizing

You know I'm still the same person

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You know you still can…

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Call on me when you know you're dying

Call me up when you feel like flying

There is no other hope

And I know you still know

It was that night, we took the best way home

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It's okay, I know we're falling

And there are times when you can't think of calling

But it's not over yet

And what I still don't get

Is that the battle's still not set...

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So call on me when you've got the answer

That's always a mood enhancer…

You see we're not all done

No, we have just begun

And it's okay, maybe someday we'll have won

- - -

But for now, we'll keep on fighting

We'll have hope and keep on running

This war's not over yet

And what we can't forget

Is that night we took a lifetime bet

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… And the battle's won

But the war's not done

So tomorrow, we'll come back and run