//------------------------------// // Secrets and Costs (Secrets of a Royal Guard) // Story: The Wanderings of My Mind // by Fiend from the Darkness //------------------------------// Secrets and Costs Secrets of a Royal Guard No more secrets, no more lies Only the truth, left out to dry The Guard leaves home, heading for war To return to his love, he all but swore But that return might not be all in one piece The Silent we know, will upon that day will cease Growth and change is the way of life Trials in fire, facing down strife, but no matter what happens, time marches on bringing each day, a brand new dawn but each day is not always dawned new Sometimes your demons follow you Trials of life, and trials of war Facing all these, and so much more Never again will he be the same Never again will he shed the shame Trials we live though, and so much is lost Every action we take, has a cost The costs can be large, the costs can be small But tell me, Knight, do you truly know them all?