I received this lovely gift of poetry from  luxario ; I'm truly humbled, and very happy that I was able to be the light at the end of the tunnel. To try to return the favor, I've re-recorded That Which Endures with the good piano, vastly improving the quality of the track.

Thank you, Luxario. Things like this make it possible for me to carry on, too.

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My Lost Hope

It was a dark day when I fell
My wings torn from me, my own personal hell
Heart broken, soul lost & mind shattered
I began to form an unbreakable shell

No emotion did flow though me
No happiness for the eyes to see
I sank into darkness as deep as I could
Grieving my past not as I should

I felt love for none anymore
The black that tainted my scales
The red of my eyes were the lure
& I knew of no kind of cure

So I stayed in the dark
Away from the light
Time began to leave its mark
As I travelled forever in the night

As I began to lose all hope
I heard the slightest little note
For of no reason I began to cope
A song a cure that someone wrote

For the first time in many a year
Did I begin to cast away my fear
The song reminded me of what I hold dear
That such a thing was always near


My scales slowly turned back to hue
My eyes back to their crystal blue
As I gazed at my once torn back
I found my wings, reformed anew

Tears did I cry
As I took to the sky
My wings once again mine
I took this as a sign

For even those in deepest despair
There is always a tiny bit of hope hidden there
Just that one song helped me to once again care
My greatest wishes to the shire named Flare

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Written by  luxario