Let us a play a game of Life
Said the Hourglass to the Die
Hands of Fate, a threaded knife
Falling sands, a wistful sigh
Ev'ry day again they play
Till the old clock doesn't chime
That it ends we have no say
But will Chance win or will Time?
That silly game, once played
The endless innocent lover's tirade
I love you, I love you more
There is no winner, is no score
No one expects to beat the other
My heart is that of my lover
Each already knows the answer
But what if this heart had a cancer?
Whispering thine lover's name
Not all lovers love the same
As they tarry, back and forth
Some opposites attract, South and North
No one saw it then, of course
That even with this powerful force
We were already set in our ways
That silly game numbered our days
'I love you more', that last time said
That force which lived, now is dead
As the rain falls all is quiet
Even though
It's been a long time.
[Feels like longer]
The days grow shorter, and the years grow longer. It seems like memories of a past life, one that I only woke up from yesterday.
I often look back, and wonder how things could've turned out differently; there's plenty of ways. And often, those futures feel like my past, one that never happened.
[Yes, sometimes I feel denied]
I can't say you made the wrong choice; as you said then, when the flame goes out on the candle, it's gone. Of course, it pains me, and that pain is something I learned to live with. It has changed me, in ways that I can't explain to other people. I just know that I can't go
I am sought by many, and they often come to scorn me
I can be found inside every person, if you know where to look
I have defined the lives of many
And the deaths
I have broken the greatest heroes
I have redeemed the greatest villains
Empires have crumbled due to my presence or my absence
The Earth itself has been shaped by those who felt me
I was the reason Jesus died on the cross
Some say I am God Himself
I am eternal, neverending and undying, because
I have defeated Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
My name is Love
the promises we made
the things that we felt
my heart was true
but I'm still human
You said you'd fight for me
Heal me if I fell
I said I would love you forever
It was more than a promise, it was truth
I carried you for so long
Cried every night because of your pain
Did my best to heal your wounds
I'm sorry I wasn't there
And then you were alive again
Defeated all of your demons
I was beaten and tired
And you left me here to die
I thought you would fight for me
I thought our love was unconditional
I believed the promises we made
but all in all it's okay
People just say things sometimes
When you took off that mask you wore
said you didn't need it anymore
But when you looked at me and saw
I wasn't as pretty as you thought
So you said 'wear it or I will not love you again'
I said okay and put it on.
You have been untrue to me in almost every possible way. Every promise that you made you have broken, and though you make new ones I have no doubt they will break too. What's worse is that you don't understand how untrustworthy this makes you; from your perspective it makes perfect sense, and all your betrayals are logical and understandable exceptions to the rule.
I can never trust you again, that's for sure. I've told you things I would have never told anyone else, and though you said you would keep them secret for all time you seem to not know the meaning of such words - which makes me glad I hadn't told you everything, because deep dow
Let us a play a game of Life
Said the Hourglass to the Die
Hands of Fate, a threaded knife
Falling sands, a wistful sigh
Ev'ry day again they play
Till the old clock doesn't chime
That it ends we have no say
But will Chance win or will Time?
That silly game, once played
The endless innocent lover's tirade
I love you, I love you more
There is no winner, is no score
No one expects to beat the other
My heart is that of my lover
Each already knows the answer
But what if this heart had a cancer?
Whispering thine lover's name
Not all lovers love the same
As they tarry, back and forth
Some opposites attract, South and North
No one saw it then, of course
That even with this powerful force
We were already set in our ways
That silly game numbered our days
'I love you more', that last time said
That force which lived, now is dead
As the rain falls all is quiet
Even though
It's been a long time.
[Feels like longer]
The days grow shorter, and the years grow longer. It seems like memories of a past life, one that I only woke up from yesterday.
I often look back, and wonder how things could've turned out differently; there's plenty of ways. And often, those futures feel like my past, one that never happened.
[Yes, sometimes I feel denied]
I can't say you made the wrong choice; as you said then, when the flame goes out on the candle, it's gone. Of course, it pains me, and that pain is something I learned to live with. It has changed me, in ways that I can't explain to other people. I just know that I can't go
I am sought by many, and they often come to scorn me
I can be found inside every person, if you know where to look
I have defined the lives of many
And the deaths
I have broken the greatest heroes
I have redeemed the greatest villains
Empires have crumbled due to my presence or my absence
The Earth itself has been shaped by those who felt me
I was the reason Jesus died on the cross
Some say I am God Himself
I am eternal, neverending and undying, because
I have defeated Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
My name is Love
the promises we made
the things that we felt
my heart was true
but I'm still human
You said you'd fight for me
Heal me if I fell
I said I would love you forever
It was more than a promise, it was truth
I carried you for so long
Cried every night because of your pain
Did my best to heal your wounds
I'm sorry I wasn't there
And then you were alive again
Defeated all of your demons
I was beaten and tired
And you left me here to die
I thought you would fight for me
I thought our love was unconditional
I believed the promises we made
but all in all it's okay
People just say things sometimes
When you took off that mask you wore
said you didn't need it anymore
But when you looked at me and saw
I wasn't as pretty as you thought
So you said 'wear it or I will not love you again'
I said okay and put it on.
You have been untrue to me in almost every possible way. Every promise that you made you have broken, and though you make new ones I have no doubt they will break too. What's worse is that you don't understand how untrustworthy this makes you; from your perspective it makes perfect sense, and all your betrayals are logical and understandable exceptions to the rule.
I can never trust you again, that's for sure. I've told you things I would have never told anyone else, and though you said you would keep them secret for all time you seem to not know the meaning of such words - which makes me glad I hadn't told you everything, because deep dow
Part 9
Eyvindur thought for a moment longer until a few more rocks slid into the hole, snapping him back to the urgency of the situation. He had to tell the paladins, they were the only ones around who could help him get Sanj back!
He rushed over to where they were, near one of the resthouses at the wall. They were stocking up on things for the journey: dried salted beef, some water, some kind of bread that he himself never really liked all that much-
"Vagn! They've taken her!" he said with most of the shock carrying over to his exclamation. "Down below to the depths in the crater, they've taken her!"
He and the other paladin-Elvidia
Part 13a: Invasion of Kronrich by 8-0-8, literature
Literature
Part 13a: Invasion of Kronrich
PART 13
Kirasi walked, her sandals leaving little footprints in the cool sand of the Great Wastes. Rising above her in the midnight shadows, the Black Tower. She turned to the horizon, where the sun would be rising in minutes now. The invasion of Kronrich was to begin at dawn; she'd be needing Archimedes to transport her there soon.
For a moment, just a moment, she wondered if there was anything left she could do. Then there was an uncomfortable tightness around her throat as the cloth band of the choker pendant contracted. She banished the thought, and it relaxed.
There was nothing left she could do. Never in her life had she fel
Part 13b: Invasion of Kronrich by 8-0-8, literature
Literature
Part 13b: Invasion of Kronrich
Draylen stood amidst the tall towers of Ziedren Square, the military heart of Kronrich. Though there were guilds for warriors and fighters all over the city, only at Ziedran could one be recognized as a true soldier of the city.
Before him and a little to his right was King Jonsef. Behind him was the towering ziggurat of Castle Kronrich, visible even at this distance and behind it's own set of walls. Gathered all across Ziedran Square were soldiers, all kinds of soldiers.
Swordsmen, archers, frontlinesmen with their heavy shields. Cavalry of every sort, sorcerers, and even civilians who had just signed up in defense of their city. Jonsef
Part 13c: Invasion of Kronrich by 8-0-8, literature
Literature
Part 13c: Invasion of Kronrich
Did you hear that? Draylen asked. The voice of a deranged man-or thing-was laughing down from the mountains above, screaming commands for the blood of its enemies.
The only one close enough to hear his spoken thoughts was Lolanna. Danen, I hear nothing save for the twang of bows and screams of the damned, and it is very well more than enough already!
Danen is no more, he said with a shake of his head, it's just Draylen now. He turned to the side as General Hadrik approached him. Currently he, Lolanna, and Hadrik were near the Trench of the western walls. Archers were firing over the walls wi