“I’ll be fine,” he says
Knowing full well he won’t be;
Not now,
Not ever again
He knows it’s alright to survive;
But he doesn’t know he has a chance
So he wipes a tear away
And braves through it.
Tries for one more smile
As he says his goodbye.

And then he knows-
Then he figures out-
That in that short time
He came to love her,
Not for what she’ll do
But for the angel she is.
He really does love her.
And the smile is real now
Teary with goodbyes,
But real nonetheless.

He puts his last faith in her,
Her ability to overcome herself
He knows what she can do
And he wonders no more
But now he knows for sure
Everything is going to be fine
Even if he never gets to see it
He knows she’ll save them all
He’s glad to have loved her.