He was laughing quietly,

A smile on his face.

She was giggling happily,

Content to be in this place.

She was holding their young son

Who looked just like his dad.

His eyes were green and sparkling.

His laugh made his parents glad.

They cooed and talked to their young boy,

Wondering at how he'd grown.

They smiled at their little boy,

A child they called their own.

They would talk into the night

After putting child to bed.

They would talk about their love

With little needing to be said.

They would hold each other close

Reveling in each other's touch.

As the fire lost it's light

They would whisper, "I love you so much."

They knew their home was safe.

protected by deep magic.

Their simple hope and surety

Was what made their death so tragic.

They had trusted in someone

They counted a close friend.

They knew he would stay true to them

Until the bitter end.

But, alas, their trust was wrong

The man they'd trusted told.

They'd trusted him with all their lives,

And now their lying cold.

Their foe came to finish them

In the dead of night.

He broke the door and came on in

Freezing them with fright.

The man told his wife to run

To take their son and go.

He'd keep their enemy at bay

How, he didn't know.

Their enemy did finish him

With a simple phrase.

Two words were all he spoke

And then a greenish blaze.

Their enemy goes after wife

Who's holding their son close.

She's paralyzed with grief and fear,

Yet her courage shows.

She died straight backed and with a glare

At him who'd killed her joy.

She did not know what her death sealed,

But she would protect her boy.

This is the story of two people

Who shared a life of love.

They only had one child,

But now they watch him from above.