//------------------------------// // We Stand at the Ruins of Our Once Home // Story: Spike's Poem Anthology to Twilight // by Zephyr Spark //------------------------------// We stand at the ruins of our once home Now a stump smoldered with charcoal chalk and dull dark dust The tree where two Canterlot visitors lived together Where two friends found a new home forever Stares lifelessly like a tombstone straight at us We stand at the ruins of our once home All the memories, escaping from the rain with our friends Telling ghost stories by the flashlight Jumping when we hear a thud in the night No more of those memories here at this end We stand at the ruins of our once home All the memories, learning friendship and camaraderie Writing letters to the princess beneath our oak tree Gentle nights together just you and me Now those times here only live in memory We stand at the ruins of our once home We realize our library home is forever gone We hold each other with tears and many a sigh We close our eyes but find a way to smile We have each other so our Home lives on