Fighting Destiny

Even the strongest will falter

and all will eventually leave you

Forsaken�"when forever arrives

You are destined to stand alone

But some would choose to stay a while

Before they finally go

and even the brightest stars brilliance

Is only a reflection

Of the darkness that surrounds its light.

A true warrior knows when to fight

and masters the art of losing

Such that the struggle never ends

Only pauses to watch the sunset

The dawn of a new reign

Dusk in all its shadowed glory

The battle rages on

You’re fighting foes and friends.

You are more alone than you ever believed

For ghosts do not count as companions

and you’re haunted by a dream.

The apocalypse creeps forward

On countless slippered feet

and the walls crawl like something living

Breathing and chanting your name

Only echoes in your mind

The shadows laugh to fill the silence

and the wind whispers sweet nothings

Its lover cannot hear

Deafened by the sound of gunfire

and metal crunching bone

The smell of death is thick and sweet

Forsaken�"you stand alone.

All will eventually leave you, child�"

But some would stay a while

Putting off the inevitable

You cannot let this pain show.

Happiness flies away

On wings of gilded gold

But only on the outside are they truly pure

For beneath the gold leaf is bronze

Impure as the fire it was forged in

You cannot hold on to that which was never there

and in order to see the moon

You must first close your eyes to the sun

and the brighter your stars shine

The darker your sky must be.

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[quinfinn]

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[Andrea Vargas]

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