“I’ll always be there to save you.
ahvir . tomorrow . always looking FORWARD , at least , that’s what they say / look towards tomorrow , inquisitor . look towards tomorrow , so that in time you might be able to SAVE THEM / and tomorrow raises the sun in her hand that marks her with a NAME UNWANTED .
it would be easier to just be tomorrow . then there would be just the future / not the look of horror , pain , i shouldn’t have given her that staff , blood on my hands , rage in my heart / TEMPLAR like a burn , scalding . should’ve protected , but didn’t . / SHEM . should’ve said something , but didn’t . / their bodies like imprints in the back of her eyes . should’ve saved them , but couldn’t .
a smile on her face . SHE WASN’T AFRAID . she always knew he would help . just like she helped / she wasn’t afraid of him , but something else / failing , failing , the world on her shoulders . HOPE IS A CRUEL THING ; their hope is a burden / afraid of the loss of what she thought was HERSELF . not gone , suppressed . left in dark corners so that she could become what they WANTED .
tomorrow maybe their hands won’t drag her down . tomorrow maybe she’ll breathe finally , a breath she could call her own .
tomorrow passes without reprieve . ahvir is a rusty chain , refusing to break BUT SHOULD . but can’t .
❛ i’ll always be there to save you , ❜ she says , words caught in the familiar passing of laughter , of lack of seriousness . & yet , he knows , cole always knows .
he looks up at her beneath the shadow of his hat . he says with a gentle shaking of his head , ❛ no . let me save you . ❜
he says nothing more than that .