A/N: Hi guys!

I loosely based this on The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson –which is an amazing book if you like LOTR and other books the kind!- , but the idea is entirely mine. Roughly it’s two twins named Nock and Bolt, who are archers. They’re secondary characters, but it still struck me when one of them died. Hence why I wrote this poem, but it could be considered as an individual piece. I just thought that Mr. Batson deserved a bit of credit! Hope you enjoy it!

Take care!

If only I had known
That you would've fallen in this fight
When we fought on our own
And slashed foes through the night

It started well, you were valiant
I never gave you a glance
You fought through your opponents
Without giving them a chance

But then I heard you cry out
And I turned and saw you fall
The echo of your pained shout
Hit me like a nightmare call

Hours later, I stand beside you
And cry in front of your body
I never know someone who
Didn't grieve as hard as me

My brother, my twin
Half of me is gone with you in the sky
Even if the fight was declared a win
If I'd be glad it would be a lie

Now all I cling to are
Blessed childhood memories
And now, as I look at the stars
I weep, brother, I am so sorry

I should have been the one to die
To leave this wretched place
Even if you don't want me to cry
Tears just run down my face

I will avenge your death, this I swear
I shall put my sword through your killer
I am warning him to beware
For I will avenge my fallen brother.

As I've promised, I’ve returned
To your grave; our childhood city
Recovering from serious burns
That war inflicted on my body

I avenged your death and made justice
Battling beside our own kin
I told my new apprentice
All about my heroic twin

But now I look upon your tomb
Forgetting about my bow and arrow
The pain is like a fresh wound
As I realize I didn't let you go

They dubbed me "Master Archer"
Yet that title should be for you and I
Our talent was equal by nature
But somehow fate chose you to die

In a recent battle I nearly died
I was being swallowed by fire
And to you, brother, I can confide
That in that moment I gave up with surrender

But somehow I survived
And reality struck me sharply
It's such a gift to be alive
As I realize you haven’t been this lucky

Now I know of the fear
That you must've felt that day
When you got struck by the spear
That took your life away

But now I've started to heal
Your memory has haunted me
You have become so unreal
And brother, I feel so guilty

Once again I think that I should
Have been the one to leave
I know that you would've
Sacrificed yourself for me

I have to return to the fight
We will trap the enemy in ruins
So, brother, I say good night
And I hope I’ll come back soon.

The war is raging all around
Yet I took a moment's peace
To run back without a sound
To visit the deceased

My brother, its not possible
How I hate the enemy
How this world's now unstable
And drenched in treachery

We used to believe in the light
And I still cling to it today
But its getting harder to fight
Because I want to run away

You should be ashamed, brother
And I know destiny wasn't fair
You'd fight with passion and desire
But for me it's too much to bear

I can't stand the constant fear
I neither want to live nor die
That's why I'm hiding here
And I can't help but cry...

Its a contant paranoia, I know
But I can't let anyone see
How I can't tell: friend or foe?
Is such a burden to me

War does have a cost
And you paid such a price
Why do I cry over what's lost
When you gave the ultimate sacrifice

Brother, now starts the last fight
I stayed here longer than allowed
I need to go back into the night
And I promise I'll make you proud.