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<blockquote data-quote="Bhryn Astairre" data-source="post: 2562303"><p><em>A simple leaf of aged paper, tea stained in hue and with words of pale brown lettering stuck on it: as if plucked from the hands of time itself and laid to rest for time immemorial on the tree.</em></p><p></p><p>Gods and Angels will come and go:</p><p>Demons and Devils as winds blow.</p><p>Neither will suffer the wrath of time</p><p>For in eternity be their find:</p><p>What jealous rage controls their sight?</p><p>Of mortal means and mortal light.</p><p>Fascination with what must pass</p><p>Into the night and never last.</p><p>Their candle lives may burn out</p><p>And into ashes all about</p><p>Or scatter light across the world</p><p>As if by force unseen, hurled.</p><p>They watch them go on their ways</p><p>And live out lives with such short days:</p><p>They who time just skips on by</p><p>Will never understand just why</p><p>They crave to see the mortal wound:</p><p>The breaking hearts, the laughing sound,</p><p>The hearty cheer or silence loud:</p><p>The dying beauty or severity proud.</p><p>What sets them up in distance great</p><p>From races that do not consumate</p><p>The touch of time, the hands of fate,</p><p>That begs them age not, bades them wait...</p><p>Without devils or angels close</p><p>The Gods trust and therefore devote</p><p>Their teachings to such candle life</p><p>With all their freedom, all their strife.</p><p>They cannot know nor do they see</p><p>That what makes mortals, made them three:</p><p>Heaven, Hell and Material Plane</p><p>All the Dark and Light domain:</p><p>And in the balance will they learn</p><p>That to be mortal is what they yearn.</p><p>To live and pass: in short to Be.</p><p>Something immortals will never see.</p><p></p><p>~ Bhryn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bhryn Astairre, post: 2562303"] [i]A simple leaf of aged paper, tea stained in hue and with words of pale brown lettering stuck on it: as if plucked from the hands of time itself and laid to rest for time immemorial on the tree.[/i] Gods and Angels will come and go: Demons and Devils as winds blow. Neither will suffer the wrath of time For in eternity be their find: What jealous rage controls their sight? Of mortal means and mortal light. Fascination with what must pass Into the night and never last. Their candle lives may burn out And into ashes all about Or scatter light across the world As if by force unseen, hurled. They watch them go on their ways And live out lives with such short days: They who time just skips on by Will never understand just why They crave to see the mortal wound: The breaking hearts, the laughing sound, The hearty cheer or silence loud: The dying beauty or severity proud. What sets them up in distance great From races that do not consumate The touch of time, the hands of fate, That begs them age not, bades them wait... Without devils or angels close The Gods trust and therefore devote Their teachings to such candle life With all their freedom, all their strife. They cannot know nor do they see That what makes mortals, made them three: Heaven, Hell and Material Plane All the Dark and Light domain: And in the balance will they learn That to be mortal is what they yearn. To live and pass: in short to Be. Something immortals will never see. ~ Bhryn [/QUOTE]
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