Much like yoha_ahoy's required english ballad. The rules: must have a set rhyme scheme (refrain does not have to follow the scheme), a refrain,at least 6 stanzas, a plot, a crisis, and an old-english theme (romantic, loss, grief, etc.). So... I came up with this.



Cliff Johnston



Cliff Johnston, what happened to you?

How am I supposed to feel?

Were you my best friend?

How am I supposed to heal?



Please, stop haunting me

I thought I had forgotten you

Even though I was there that day

I wish I never knew



I told myself over and over 

That it never came to be

Yet now I realize,

You I’ll never see



Cliff Johnston, what happened to you?

How am I supposed to feel?

Were you my best friend?

How am I supposed to heal?



I remember that day so crystal clear

It was only me and you

We went walking out on the ice

Then you vanished without a clue



I searched for you forever,

Slowly starting to die,

But there was nothing left of you

And I began to cry.



Cliff Johnston, what happened to you?

How am I supposed to feel?

Were you my best friend?

How am I supposed to heal?





I was desperately looking around,

With tears rolling down my face.

I prayed I would find you soon,

Yet there was no sign or trace.



Then I saw a hole in the ice

And I knew it was the key.

I rushed as quickly as I could.

Please don’t drown on me!



Cliff Johnston, what happened to you?

How am I supposed to feel?

Were you my best friend?

How am I supposed to heal?



But before I could even get there

Something caught my eye,

Stopping me suddenly.

Please Cliff don’t you die!



There you were looking up at me;

I’ll never forget your face.

Your eyes were cold as stone,

Locked in their frozen case.



Cliff Johnston, I’m so sorry;

I should’ve never let you die.

Now I hope you will forgive me

For never saying “Goodbye.”



Why was it you instead of me?

You were my best friend.

And I must ask you,

“Will your death ever end?”