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September 18, 2005
The Gods Themselves - A Lament and a Warcry
The first, he wrote only for himself, and one other, though he was quite sure she would never read it. It would be too much of a bitterness to lay upon her, too much of an attack, and his heart was yet too full of affection to countenance causing her greater guilt, greater unhappiness. So he kept it to himself, and was not ashamed to feel tears well within him, though of course he could not weep. Not truly, for that would be shameful to him, as his mind worked.
A lament, truly, for that which was lost to him.
Ode to a City Stolen
In memory's forgiving eye,
My city is a gem, nay,
It is a thousand gems,
To mirror the stars above it.
No dark designs exist in it,
To recall, imperfectly,
Its jeweled perfection,
Yarsin's riches manifest.
And riches dwelt within it,
In the deep of our mountain,
In the brightness of our art,
In the simple joy of children.
From us, all this was taken,
For envy's sake, for ignorance,
A paradise lost and broken,
A world now torn asunder.
Return to me, my city,
Let me walk oncemore within you,
Let me taste of your sweet air,
Let my heart endure awhile.
And though none would know it, it led directly to the second, and lent it a painful intensity of emotion. From bitterness, the worst hatred is born.
The second had none of the elegance of the first, or at least none of the elegance he had attempted to imbue within it. It was a rough song, a commoner's song, and it carried through the Refugee District like that, from one drunken Idasian to another. No one could truly say where it began, seeming to spring into being from the depths of a tankard. That was his plan, of course. He didn't need the credit for this particular artistry.
Arise, You Sons of Idas!
Arise, you sons of Idas,
And arise, you daughters too,
For the time is now upon us,
To remake the world anew!
Arise, you unhomed children,
Hold your cities' standards high,
Though they lie now in ruin,
Hurl their names forth to the sky!
Arise, and take up your swords,
Shoulder the vanguard's burden,
Upon you is a new future,
And within you, pride is burning!
Arise, you sons of Idas,
And arise, you daughters too,
For the time is now upon us,
To remake the world anew!
The third night after it was reported to have been sung, he risked himself willingly to hear it. Cloaked and nondescript, he walked without fear past the whores and the thieves and the murderers, secure in the place that had been home to him for so long, and which remained a home to a dark part of his heart. And he heard it, the tune slowed to a funeral dirge, imparted with solemnity by a scarred warrior seeming near to weeping.
And he was well-pleased.
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-Damn-. Haven't come back since that entry about recruiting, and I see that I've missed a lot. I have to say, this is easily one of my favorite RP blogs, if only because it is very well-written.
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You always leave the nicest comments. Thank you. : )
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