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The Guarding Dark
18 years ago
I'm reading Terry Pratchett's Thud again and this ran though my mind:
First came I to men's souls in the waining twilight
followed then by lesser darks, of more apparent hold
in fire's light I t'was lost within their shadow,
yet ne'er fear, though hidden I remained.
Nameless was I 'till but recently, when in combat was I named
I am the Guarding Dark, keeper of the beast within,
'tis I who stands the loneliest watch, oft neglected, oft forgot
yet nary shall I waver lest I loose that within,
An animal they call it, yet ne'er farther from the truth,
for no animal has matched the beast and lived, sure as claw and tooth,
what darkness lies in the souls of men is mine to keep 'til dawn should rise again
yet even shall I not rest lest the beast should loose its pen.
a crappy poem for which I apologize
First came I to men's souls in the waining twilight
followed then by lesser darks, of more apparent hold
in fire's light I t'was lost within their shadow,
yet ne'er fear, though hidden I remained.
Nameless was I 'till but recently, when in combat was I named
I am the Guarding Dark, keeper of the beast within,
'tis I who stands the loneliest watch, oft neglected, oft forgot
yet nary shall I waver lest I loose that within,
An animal they call it, yet ne'er farther from the truth,
for no animal has matched the beast and lived, sure as claw and tooth,
what darkness lies in the souls of men is mine to keep 'til dawn should rise again
yet even shall I not rest lest the beast should loose its pen.
a crappy poem for which I apologize
