Come to Pass

The autumn leaves rustle under feet that have walked many roads

The sun beats on shoulders that have carried many loads

These hands have carried a shield and blade

This will has begun to slowly fade

With an open palm I offer you my glove

An invisible glove that so often carried my love

The ground is scarred rough from battle

So like my voice, once an intimidating shout, now only a feeble rattle

I see the friends and family of my past in my mind

Only the memories now last for me to find

Love had me out on the edge

To the king I made a pledge

To my mate I gave my word

To never leave him, this I swore

I vowed I would not love another man

I do not think I can

Not after steel took both my love and the king

Melted in half now, is my wedding ring

I feel I must live

For the new king, my life, I will give

But why longer must I stay?

My dues have been paid; I only now wait for my dying day

For my children have all grown

Living now on their own

My friends have died

For all of them, I cried

What more must life throw at me?

How many more sunsets and sunrises must I see?

Perhaps only one

Or maybe none

I have seen many suns fall

Stared blankly at them all

Wishing that it was my very last

Wanting this day to be a thing of the past

I know this day will be long

I know this is my last song

But since when is wanting death so wrong?

This era is done

Sprits are free, out on the run

I cannot join them, yet I am not warm here in the sun

I summon my breath and shout a war-cry, on the wind I let it ring

A defiant cry, rings out and begins to sing

Dark and fearing is the sound

Of the dying, dead, and drowned

Here in the dirt I am to be found

I lay here now on this scarred land

This has all somehow been planned

Not the deaths, not the pain

Not the night when they was slain

But my own passage into death

Floating beyond the realms, I know I have breathed my last breath

I was once Alanna, the first lady knight and Lioness, the strong-willed lass

Now only those old enough shall know of the former generation that has come to pass.