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// (Alt ending) Missing The Light 
// Story: Random Short Poems 
// by Amiss 
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...now that she was gone
And I was all alone
Stuck between life and death
In a depressed zone

I looked around the corner
To confirm what I thought true
Silently hoping I was wrong
Though the truth I knew

The street bare and empty
So I stood alone
When a voice played in my head
In an unrecognizable tone

I jumped and looked around
To find nopony there
Yet the voice continued
As if emitting from thin air

"You have shown your worth
And that your morality is grand"
I could find just one response
"I don't understand"

"You were to be imprisoned
After not being laid to rest"
The voice seemed to soften
"And you've shown me your best"

"Your selfless actions
Despite who had been
Has lead me to an offer 
For you to start again"

I started to speak
But was blinded by white light
Memories invaded my head
My mind turning them to sight

... Consciousness found me
As I stood upon a stoop
I saw my wife and kid
On the sidewalk as a group

I was quite confused
But a memory mad it clear
The chance that I was given
To fix the danger looming near

I had them come inside
To change this futures path
For the one that I had lived
Had a poor aftermath

With the danger avoided
My eyes now filled with tears
I may miss my companion
But I now had family for years...