Disclaimer: Everything's mine. The poem is mine. Oh what did I forget? The characters, of course! They don't belong to me! But you know that, right?

She's gone. She's actually gone. I can't believe it. She was my mentor, my guide.

And now she's gone.

Whispers of something long forgotten,
Echoes of what once was,
Flames dimming,
Lights shutting off,
Dying Embers.

The end of the best years of my life. My love is gone . . . Maggie, how could you leave me? How? Now me and my cow are all alone!

The last pages being turned,
A last drop of a good cup of coffee being drank,
A sigh of contentment as the best movie of all time comes to an end,
Dying Embers.

I mean, Buffy was a good replacement. But nothing can match my boundless undying love for Maggie. Bessie was a close second, but Maggie will always be first in my heart.

The sadness felt as your childhood blankie can no longer be used,
The resonating chords of a song as the lilting melody comes to a bittersweet end,
You last gaze upon the stars as you draw your last breath,
Dying Embers.

I wonder if Buffy has ever experienced true love? I wonder if she's ever felt that nothing in the world matters but your significant other? I wonder if I'll ever stop crying? Bessie, Maggie, my two best girls!

The beauty of a sunset as it sinks beneath the hills,
The frustration you feel as your pencil breaks for the last time,
The anger as your eraser finally succumbs to the sweet ring of nothingness,
The last ball in a good game of pingpong,
Dying Embers.

I can't take it anymore. I have to end it all. I can't live without her. I hope Buffy can move on without me. I hope she understands that her world doesn't need to come to an end just because I'm not in it. I hope she understands why I don't, why I can never love her.

All good things must come to an end . . .

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