Reflection (Magia) (6/17/11)

The story of those who fight darkness
It has been done many times before
The question is then on which side one stands
And what their choice has in store

The struggle against fate and uncover the truth
That darkness calls light, and light fades to dark
That the root is the problem, and the problem the root
And the soul gem is the devil's mark

The story of those who fight darkness
And of the weak girl who watched from the side
As two heroes fought on for the sake of others
Who took all hardship in stride

Yet as one fell in battle and the other lay defeated
The bystander had made a choice
To invoke a wish, to go back she entreated
A wish made with sorrowful voice

The story of those who fight darkness
And the girl who know what would come
To prepare for the threat that approached
To make use of repeated knowledge's sum

Yet the betrayal still stood
And the heroes did fall
It was apparent to the girl that numbers were insufficient
If any were to survive a all

The story of those who fight darkness
Again in a repetition of fate
More heroes were gathered to repel the threat
Yet it all seemed too little, too late

And as a truth surfaced and a hero fell
The leader went mad with regret
And so heroes remained to face the impossible
And were crushed by the imminent threat

The story of those who fight darkness
But this time the girl was prepared
To protect her friend from that deal with the devil
To save her before she was ensnared

To prevent a wish from being cast in vain
To rewrite time from the start
To at least save her one friend from a fate worse than death
Though her previous failures had hardened her heart

And so the heroes all gathered, and they fell in time
And the friend was kept pushed to the side
And as her not-quite-a-friend kept on fighting the threat
She realized this outcome she could not abide

So she made her wish with the devil
On the battlefield in that place
A wish and a curse that could transcend all
To rewrite both time and space

A paradox in itself, a sin against the wish
Yet the wish came true, and it was and will be
And though the darkness exists, the sacrifice is gone
Though that, no one but homura can see