Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda does not belong to me.
Author's Notes: Before we start, I want to thank one of my school friends,
whose own poem inspired this one. My poem below is about the aftermath of a
battle in which Link died – the tenth man to die, as the title suggests. It
may be slightly abstract, but hey, it's how I write.
Hope you like it.

Tenth Man Down

A battle lingers here tonight,
A bloodshot sky remains
The only proof to show the truth
That washed away with silver rains.

The hero left to mourn himself
As time remained to stay,
His life had ended years before
Nothing left unsaid to say.

The world cried tears of parchment
As the fire blazed in his heart,
Unnatural screams haunted his dreams
And ripped his soul apart.

He battled through the thunder
As death lingered in his ears,
Destiny said that he'd be dead
And touched his last remaining tears.

He was the tenth, the Sages say
To die that lonely night,
Echoes spilled the gap fulfilled
His spirit left to save the fight.

His mother never loved him,
A precious fate denied
But as he rose she took his hand
And loved him, named him, cried