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title: A Stepping Stone For Those Who Would
by: The Rose in Death's Garden
written for: Lamia's Title Competition
prompt: title must be the same as the last seven words of the fic


She was ashes on the wind,

but that was fine.

Her soul was gone along

with her body and her mind.

She wasn't a hero in the end.

She hadn't saved the world

that she'd left behind.

She was ashes on the wind,

but that was fine.

Her death was someone else's

awakening,

and the driving force behind

yet more people's wills

to stay strong and carry on.

She couldn't be the hero.

She wasn't the one

that the world seemed to need.

But she was fine just being

a stepping stone for those

who would.