Just Let Me Die...

I woke up again today… I woke up without knowing who I was…

Again I learned who I was today… why me? Why is it always me who bears these memories of horror and war? They say I was chosen by the gods… what god would make a man live again… and again… and again… only to find himself all over again. Why must I bear these memories of monsters, other worlds, and demons? Did I do something to shame the gods that chose me? Did I bloody the sword I was chosen to wield with the innocent?

Again I wake… again, to walk in the footsteps I made before. To slay a mask, to find a flute, or save a world I am bound to. I ask the moon…“Why me?” Alas, he has no answer… all he does is sit and gnarl at me. I ask the sword…“Why me?” No answer… all it does is slay the foes I must destroy… for what? To forget again and be reminded once more? To wake again and find a courage I’m bound to bear?

I see the triad glowing before me…“Why me?” I ask. Did I do something to scorn you? Why must I find a courage you’ve stripped from my soul? Why must I slay a power again and again? Why?! You have led me all around this land, but you haven’t told me who I am! Am I nothing but a pawn in your sick game of divine chess? A mere guppy you throw back again?

No… again… again I wake! You threw me back again! Again… again… again! I’ve gone mad you see! I live again while others pass on! To save a princess on her throne… to save a kingdom I cannot leave! So I ask again…“Why me?” The goddesses never answer me back. They laugh and laugh and laugh… They laugh so I may hear them laugh at my eternal anguish.

You! Why must I save you? You can die and never come back! Whilst I must die again… again… and again you see. I am a Link… a Link to the past, present, and future. Those before me have suffered… suffered…and suffered again. The grace I thought was once this land is no more, I am trapped here… again… and again… and again. So I ask of you…

“Just let me die…”