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i said i would, carry that weight, a good long while… forever and a day. constant, now that’s a name. could have been mine…‘steady on son, do not deviate…’

i held faith, while others crumbled, ran, or just plain drifted away. not me, I am ever steady, unmovable, immutable…forever, and a day.

born into this, without a voice, feet first, so I could stand my ground. i was born for this. i was born to this - to stand the line, to hold back the tide. i was born for this. i was born to this - to fight against the dying of the light…

‘this is the life you have, my son’ - my father, well, he said to me. ‘not the life i’d have chosen for you, bereft as it is of love.’ bringer of death, protector of all that is mine. when the sun slips from the sky, splits the horizon, paints the world red…we’ll be waiting, we few…

the sacrifice, the sharpened edge, to cut the shadows back. precious things behind me, as we rally on the ocean’s edge. rend the darkness, with our teeth, to feel the kiss of life. we fight against this ending…
this ending…the dying of the light…

we struggle, how we struggle, i see them fall - my brothers, my sisters - they fall as we fight (how we fight) against the coming dark, the dying of the light…we struggle…

said I would… carry that weight, a good long while…forever and a day.