Rising Above

My 'epic' poem, standing as a testament to the love between Ace and Angel, between two kids finding their way the best that they could. Beginning with Ace's heart the way Angel had found him, destroyed by one whom she never did meet... then her healing of his body mind and soul... their relationship exploding into realms neither had expected... then Angel falling from him, Ace returning to his darkness... she falling into the arms of another, but thinking oft of him... he doing naught but exactly the same... each yearning for the other but still hesitant... finally giving in to forces stronger than either of them, they renew their pact and rise above the confines of life itself.


Rising Above

Once upon a sky
there reigned a creature
flying so high
nothing could match him

He danced and soared
effortless and majestic
until a season came
when he was deceived

Damaged to his core
he tumbles down
a suicide spiral
into oblivion

A one-winged creature
feelings betrayed
once adored
now broken

No one can reach him
try as one might
he won't allow it
a loner, alone

- - - - -

There she finds him
hurt and insecure
needing a friend
but running away

She shows him her scars
and tells her tale
of hope and desire
and disappointment and tears

He takes a step back
but does not run
he has found solace
a place to turn

She tends to his wounds
as he tells his tale
of trust and love
and lies and pain

Upon completing his tale
there is a spark
deep within
healing has begun

- - - - -

A spark and then fire
burning inside
fueling his soul
pure energy

Invoking emotions
that once were lost
buried deep within
now stronger than ever

Bound to their word
a pact is made
each one sworn
to protect the other

And protect they did
very well indeed
each day spent
with visions of forever

Love everlasting
they rise above
the depths of Hell
ascending into heaven

- - - - -

Higher and higher
they soared together
nary a care
to bring them down

But winds of fate
tore her from him
a change of seasons
he's deceived once more

Damaged beyond his core
he grows cold
his heart shattered
each piece dying

He kept his pact
but hers was broken
and so she fled
leaving him alone

In darkness once more
and her to blame
from Hell to Heaven
and back again

- - - - -

Fate winds ceasing
her heart changing
She now follows
where her mind leads

Logic preceding her
as oft does happen
she tries to forget
where emotion led her

Forget the sky
the castles they built
she tells herself
to forget it all

Ha ha! Success!
her thoughts preoccupied
by one to whom
her heart now belonged

Yet all too soon
she searches the skies
yearning for freedom
and the seasons change

- - - - -

Reigning over Hell
his wings incinerated
this dark angel
cares not for love

A weakness of mortals
certainly not for him
beneath his detachment
lies a broken heart

Dark nebulae above
no sky in sight
can lofty castles
now be forgotten?

Feigning recovery
allegiance to another
her problems solved
his left untouched

His soul still dark
his heart still numb
caring not for another
but for his lost love

- - - - -

To each is heard
a voice so clear
a plea for help
desperate for love

Skyward they look
each for the other
too dark to see
they turn inward instead

Faced with demons
phantoms from their past
shadows of anguish
manifest upon their hearts

Ghosts of ties
severed long ago
tug at the mind
yet more the soul

Bringing hearts ever closer
each needing the other
their threads of fate
irrevocably entwined

- - - - -

Unrequited love
summons marred dreams
uniting hope and trust
in tortured souls

Cold hearts tremble
questioning reality
eternity unknown
yet pressing on

At length darkness fades
eclipsed by devotion
desire and emotion
yesterdays all but forgotten

Bound to Heaven above
a pact is renewed
stronger than before
young hearts matured

Transcending matter and form
their last breath exhaled
their bodies left below
their spirits become one


- 23 September 2005
- revised 14 March 2008