Ashfur's Stand
They always tell you that good things will come to those who wait,
Well, that's what they told me anyway.
They say that if you fail, it was never truly meant to be,
You should give up,
Give in,
Forget.
The thing you worked so hard for, moons going by, each phase promising you that it was getting better,
That you were getting closer to that one single, glorious goal that would change your life.
A little extra bounce in your step,
A little more patience with your apprentice,
And a little more satisfaction out of cleaning the elder's den.
This was a time when I could wait, when I had hope,
When I had more power than the stars.
I was braver than ThunderClan, swifter than WindClan, smarter than ShadowClan, and more talented than RiverClan,
I was in a place where I would set no boundaries.
I loved somebody.
And they loved me back.
Perfect. Little. Lies.
She chose another path. For the time. I wasn't going to give up, I wasn't going to easily lose something that I'd worked so hard for,
Something that I'd put my heart and soul into.
Apparently fighting for something you love is a mistake; disloyal, disgusting, and deceitful.
Mockery, sympathy, and victory.
You got what you wanted. You got me to give up hope, to try and forget, to bury my dreams in a hole so deep...
But one step on the wrong leaf and you could come crashing down with me.
I won't mind, I won't try to save you.
In fact, go ahead. Push me further. Laugh in my face. Bring me to the point where I start to wish that I had lived every single second of my life differently.
I'm taking a stand, I'm being brave, I'm doing what's just.
So why don't you just sit back and watch me be hated for it.