Pax et Lux - Prowl Poem

Dark like a shadow
Capable of such grace and beauty
Such stillness
Speed and agility were a forte
A key part of our team
Our friend
A member of our family

And now… gone.

Jazz told us you chose this
You made the choice to give yourself
Over to the AllSpark to
Save us all
We aren’t worthy of
Such a noble sacrifice
How many people, of those you
Saved
Will know what you did for us?
How many will know more than
The fact that the Decepticon threat
Is gone…?

But at what cost?
Who will take care of your tree
In your absence?
What about your shuriken?
Who will safeguard them?

But hose are just the
Material things…
What about us?

Who will we turn to
In times of Chaos
For Stillness?
Who will be our rock
In a stormy ocean,
An oasis in a harsh desert?
Who will be the logic to
Balance out the torrent of
Emotions?

You look so peaceful,
Lying there. Servos folded
On your chest plating,
Face-- heh heh, as always--
Devoid of emotions
You still bear the armor of
You sacred sensei
You wore… wear it well.
You look like you do in sleep

But it’s not sleep
Just a cruel facsimile thereof.
When does a sleeping mech
Turn the color of ash?
Only in a trick…
Or in reality of death,
Harsh as sunlight glaring
Off a windshield.

And now, you’re Home
On Cybertron, just as you
Wished you would be again
One stellar cycle.

But not like this…

Not offline.

Not spread out for the world’s view

Not paraded around with as little dignity as Megatron.

You deserved better than this
You deserved a long, fruitful life
And to slip quietly into the
Well of AllSparks
With as much dignity and grace
As you lived with in
This life.
But to be paraded around like this…

Somehow, your disapproval is common knowledge
For us
Your family

There’s little we can do about it now
We suppose.
Be assured, Prowl…
You’ll be given your proper final respects.

We won’t like it, but you’ll be given
The quiet burial you asked for.

We love you, Prowl.
You know that, yes?
We loved you like
A brother
A son
A father
You were a part of our sparks
And now
That part is gone

Our sparks ache for you, Prowl
But then again
You are
One
With the AllSpark now
You live on
In everything
Everywhere
On Earth
And Cybertron

We will carry you in our sparks
For always
You
And the two things
You treasured most
Pax et lux
Peace and light