Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Dragoon or any of the characters within. I do, however, own the poem.
JadeSong
I sit and watch the stars roll by,
across the dark and wind-swept sky.
A candle burning on the desk,
no time to sleep, no time to rest.
A hollow ache inside my chest.
A scroll, uncurled, lays by my side.
Too many nights I've sat and cried.
I've pondered life, I've studied death,
now contemplating my last breath.
I cling to all that I have left.
My tortured spirit cannot leave
this tower's faded memory.
Existence means nothing, I am false.
I lack a heartbeat, blood, a pulse.
I'm nothing but a phantom's host.
This sanctuary's more a tomb.
No hope, it seems, can pierce the gloom.
I seek a light, a saving spark
to drive away the frightful dark.
Bound to this place, my fearful heart.
The threat of madness lingers here,
a constant whisper in my ear.
My dreams devoured by my sorrow,
forever praying for tomorrow.
Inside this prison built from horror.
I hear her footsteps, just outside;
her first visit since before I died.
In my soul, hope starts to swell.
Please, someone free me from my shell.
Rose, come save me from this hell.
- In loving memory of Syuveil,
Once and for always, the Wind Dragoon.