The Only

They came as many
All for the same purpose
They did their deeds
Killing all they could see
I watched as they tore apart flesh
Blood splattered on the walls
They the wind called them away
I came out of my place of hiding then
And went looking for you
I found you crying for your brother
I did not care about him or the other
I did not know them, how could I mourn them?
I said things to you
And pulled you away
You did not want me to cry for you
And I do not want you to cry for me
So we need to go where we cannot be seen
But you want vengeance
And I want to protect you
I take your hand as they come again
I’m ready to die, so long as I am with you
We stand waiting for them to take our lives
Those around us fall
Blood everywhere
Flesh torn apart
People scream
But we don’t flinch
We close our eyes waiting for our turn
The sounds die out
We are still here
We smell a foul smell
And the horror lies before us
We are not dead
But we are not disappointed
You asked me what happened
I said, “we were not afraid
We wanted death
They didn’t want us to get what we wanted”
So alone, yet together
We wait for the day they return
We knew our death was inevitable
When we accepted
They let us go
The others feared and ran and fought back
But we were nothing and did nothing
Now we are something and the only