So, here's a poem dedicated to my bro and co-author of my main fic, The Unknowing Herald.

Make sure to leave me a review and some criticism.

P.S. Doge, you're gonna have to forgive the repetition.

NOTE: This poem was edited after the review that Herald left, just so you all know. The changes were made after "I cried. I was happy."

Enjoy!


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I can tell you what it feels like.
I will let you know what it truly is.

I see this monster inside me,
I know that it ... it is me.
I see that it is one with me,
I am both halves of me.

I am tainted.
I am shunned.
I am different.

I was locked down.
I was controlled.
I was broken.

I can tell you what it is like.
I will let you know what is happening to me.

I felt ostracized.
I felt misplaced.
I felt useless.

I was.
I know that I am these things.
I need solitude.
I need a purpose.
I don't know if I can find one ...
I am one with this dead planet,
I am alone.

I can tell you what it feels like.
I will let you know what I found.

I found a broken city.
I found dead bodies.
I found children ... alive and scared.
I found—with them—a missing part of myself.
I found determination.
I found reasoning.
I found light and hope ... spirit.

I can tell you what it feels like.
I will let you know what it truly is.

I see this monster inside me,
I know that it ... it is me.
I see that it is one with me,
I am both halves of me.

I see their eyes.
I find no fear.
I found love.
I found acceptance.
I became whole, the pieces locked together.
I found a purpose.
I cried.
I was happy.

I saw two of them.
I saw blossoming love.
I saw hope in unborn life between Duane and Katarin
I saw worry in their faces.
I comforted them.
I comforted them all.
I did what I could.
I helped life prosper in this world.

I can tell you what it is like.
I will show you my battles.

I was not alone in this broken world.
I fought to protect these children.
I battled demons.
I faced the great Humbaba.
I waged war with him twice.

I ...
I unleashed my monster.
I lost control for these children.
I slew the demon and ...
I nearly died in the process.
I saw these children.
I waited as they gathered around me.

I felt something ...
I cannot describe what I felt.
I felt the two halves of me struggle.
I am two halves of me ...
I was not that any longer.
I was at the breaking point.
I was tearing apart.
I was being torn apart by the world and magic.
I felt them inside of me, the children ...
I felt a power from them.
I felt something ancient and unrivaled.
I felt love.
I was chained back together.
I was saved from my own death and destruction.
I was loved.
I loved in return ...

I can tell you what it feels like.
I will let you know.

I felt whole for the first time.


May the Love of Anuwëy guide you when all Hope is lost

TorNathan