Loyal friends, advantage taken Their belief in me shaken How horribly they are wounded Treasured bonds no longer sacred
The blade stabbed deep in their back They never expected the attack Countenance filled with utter shock The pain in their eyes I have to block
This action taken out of need and desperation There was no other path to bring restoration Plotted and schemed 'till the moment was right Glistening and glimmering my goal in sight
All that I want, here I did gain All it cost was another's pain And yet in my heart, I feel a strain Out damned spot! This wretched stain!
Their eyes are haunting This dread is now daunting I now feel a hole This crater in my soul
Did their friendship mean so little Our bond defaced with spittle Was gain thought so great That their true gold be forsake
Treasure turns to tatters I remember what truly matters Nothing can truly replace When in trouble together friends face
Head hung in shame They know who's to blame My steps I retrace Once again at that place
My heart colored black Will they dare take me back Tears on my cheek I can hardly speak
Suddenly I'm held and embraced My composure lost all grace They forgive not forget At least till restitution is met
I'll never let go These friends treasured so I hope someday to repay The outstanding kindness shown that day
My strength is born from my solitude, Solidarity to myself and independent from all. All my trials and tribulations learned By my own hands. Tasked from within And received from none, the challenges I've faced, crafted my castle. My army of skills, founded by failures, Secures my station and bolsters my body.
Lessons learned by struggle and strife Are sharper than any adversary's sword. The dexterity to dodge danger Cultivated from multiples of mis-steps. Mistakes that have misaligned me from my Course now serve as milestones and markers Should I ever become lost or wayward. The shining star of my triumphs against Adversity, Shimmers in the sky amongst giants. I would consider myself fortunate to be Counted among them. When calamity strikes, I am not cast out into the tumultuous tide of Indecision and doubt. I instead am a steadfast Station for others to moor themselves against.
My independence must not be mistaken as Indifference, for even a solitary soldier as Myself still craves for kinship and companions. A contradiction of conviction, to be an army of One yet want for friends to company keep. Hypocritical, having survived singular. However, it is not unnatural as relationships Can be richly rewarding in their course. I do not dismiss or deride the value of Brotherly bonds or the sorority of sisters Nor the stability of the foundation of family. For not all that is gold will glitter. It may be that my next lesson will be in the Strength that also lay with found family.
Dashing through the firmaments Dancing among the stars They ring like heavenly instruments Singing harmonious melodic bars
Riding along an asteroid It's tail a frozen trail of silver Astonishing physics of the void Momentarily part of something greater
The solar winds that come and go The warm embrace of nebulae Allow my thoughts to ebb and flow Invigorating and refreshing as sea spray
The astral plain grants me peace Troubles and terrors passing by This great escape and grand release There's nothing left for me to hide
I've come so far and gone so fast The adrenaline keeps me company Streaking shining, oh if the joy could last Happiness diffuse from within me
Watching planets parade the universe An astral ensemble in perfect cadence These breathless cosmic bodies disperse Accrued grief from terrestrial agents
Rocky congregations of ice and stones Frustration dispensed against them is When the fury has fled my shaking bones My mind is calmed and honed are my senses
This comic playground keeps me whole Tears born not of grief but of burdens shed The fire within me that is my soul Reduces now that excess heat is bled
Looking back at the brilliant azure marble The place I call home with all those I know Beauty as striking as the universe I marvel Traversing back home, to loved ones I go
