My Saving Grace
I scream
He spins
In the light
Like a book I read
But not
In the book
He was prepared
Ready
I am not
He spins
And I see
The look
Shock...
And just a hint...
Sadness
His short blond hair
His black glasses
Falling off
Wide
Shocked
Sad
Blue eyes
Blue
Like the sky he soared in
Blue
Like the lightning he protected me with
He falls
I scream
I sob
I sob for what I lost
An amazing man
Kind
Determined
Just
The only demigod
To add temples
Altars
Shrines
For all the gods
I sob for what could have been
A relationship
A marriage
Even Hera would approve of
Kids
With my brown hair
With his blue eyes
That are frozen
Like Khione
Who finally got
Her icy prize
And yet
I’m relieved
We stopped the bad guys
We saved the day
Again
Again
Again
We will always be the heores
But at what price?
And then
Then I am gone
Rushed away
On Tempest
His final act
And I’m on a beach
With an injured demigod
An aggressive music-loving pandos
An incredibly useless
Selfish
Fallen
Mortal
God
And Tempest
His venti
His wind
His horse
His ally
His friend
I’m sobbing
Distraught
Mad at everything
And everyone
But I tell Tempest
To get him
The one who died
No, is dying
The one who saved me
The one I loved
For real
Then he’s here
Broken
Dying
And my father
I realize
Where we are
A cruel reminder
Of what I already
Lost
Although
Nothing
As awful
As losing
Him
The god and the pandos are
Gone
Left
Told by my father
My broken
Lost
Wandering
Father
Tristan McLean
Who now has a new purpose
He told them
To get help
Help arrives
But
No
Too
Late
He
Is
Dead
He is gone
I cannot get him back
Left forever
Leaving me behind
Where I cannot follow
And I hate
Apollo
I hate
Hades
I hate
Zeus
Jupiter
Hera
Aphrodite
I hate them
All
But most of all
I hate
Loathe
Detest
With every single fiber of my being
Him
The murderer
Extravagant
Useless
Selfish
Self-proclaimed “deity”
Murderous
“Emperor”
Caligula
Caligula
Stole
Him
From me
My beautifu
Loyal
Just
Fair
Determined
Loving
Saving
Grace
My
Jason
Grace