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Elementaldrake — Ashen Memory
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Published: 2012-07-05 04:29:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 114; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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I stand with my bare feet on the cracked earth below meMy muscles taut as I strain to simply stand firm
Ash and haze swirl around me.
I look back over my past
As I feel my life draining from me
I was no good man
I was no bad man
A simple walking shadow.
I sought to have roots of blood.
Hope is a frail chain and every root I put forth was merely ethereal.
How could one hope for such a thing to be an anchor?
In my memories I remember being strong. Stalwart.
An island and a tower I was. An anchor for so many while I had naught to hold me firm.
I have always set myself as handhold and lifeline.
I feel satisfied with the little I have achieved because glory and false pride mean nothing to me
I speak with guidance to other who have not had the opportunity to suffer and wander as I have.
Sometimes I simply wonder how someone who has achieved as little as I have may hope to guide the excitable youth.
I have spent so long searching for hope and root that my eyes are blurred with the ash and haze.
I walk even though I no longer feel alive.
