within the cloak
I lay forgotten
unmanned, unattended
silent to all that could see

clasping on I engraved my name

shivering from the rains of the doom
the soldiers marched forward

shhhhhhhhhh now all, will be well

the louder the warrior boots stomping the earth
the more I entrusted

heaving galloping horses
a miming in my mind
as their hooves slid darkly over my cage

trust me
as darkness
falls

we have survived another day

I leave my name
so etched within
as all
has been taken

lowly slunk into the earth
I sliced what what goodness from my life
to create my worth of dreams

of fear and dreams
I chose the forsaken,

as it was me
to carry them through

as will come a time

I shall only briefly past these shores again.

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