Enlightened Responsibility Through Your Convictions, Our Memories and Sacrifices
This is a poem that started with me watching and really enjoying Spider-Man: NWH back when it originally came out and a title, a bit of a lengthy title but one I chose to stick with. At the time it took a few weeks after seeing the movie to make this poem something I was satisfied with. Contains minor spoilers and reference to Spider-Man: No Way Home. Based this on something from a specific scene. Originally posted this April 2022
Enlightened Responsibility Through Your Convictions, Our Memories, and Sacrifices
By: A.X. Bueno
After everything I've done I should have really expected this
Still I knew this was the right, no the responsible thing to do after I made that spell go amiss
I know you say 'expect disappointed that way you're never disappointed' but I can't help but be just a bit
I was hoping I'd manage to make everything okay the way heroes are supposed to
And in a way I did with a lot of help from others along the way including other me's and definitely you
But by the end the cost was almost too high; my Aunt May, almost all of reality and your memories of all we've been through
She used to say 'when you help someone you help everyone' and that's what I chose to do
I wanna believe I did what was best to help everybody especially you and Ned
By truly starting anew and going through with the spell that has erased other's memories of my life disconnecting every thread
Considering how another Spider-Man needed to catch you when everything was getting chaotic
What could have happened simply filled me with too much dread
There's too much darkness I could fall into that we both saw that day
But that's over with now after all I cured the goblin thanks to the intervention of those other Peter Parkers and the example of May
I've got to keep what she stood for going even if she is ...gone
Regarding you I hope to make you remember me again someday
But for now it's okay that you've moved on
You helped me deal with a wizard
Fight a lizard along with an octopus, sand and electricity man
I may not be amazing right now but I can still try to be as Spider-Man and Peter Parker again doing all I can
One day I hope that I can give you this letter at a better time for you to remember again
In the meantime I know you're safe MJ without the issue of being known as “Spider-Man's girlfriend"
You truly are someone special to me which is why I know you'll do amazing in college
As for me I'm starting anew creating a new home for myself and I know for us at least this is far from the end