02-25-2016, 12:08 PM
Hello people,
My mood of the past few days compelled me to write this short poem. As time passed, I have grown quite fond of our marvellous community and made several close friends... but to all good things there is an eventual end.
Lately, I've had this ridiculous (and quite irrational) notion that it could all wink out of existence if I had to stay away from the game and the forum for too long... and I have to take a momentary leave of absence for seven to ten days.
I will miss all of you. If all goes well, I should be back to you around March 5th.
This poem is dedicated to you, the community, and to a special lady friend of mine. The last phrase should prove meaningful to her in several ways...
Without further ado:
Elegy Of A Forgotten Future
Darkness falls, the last glimmer of sunset long gone,
The remaining ambers glowing feebly as I sit
Shivering. The pallid moon has risen anon,
Shadows covering my soul like a grim obit.
The fire is dying, light and warmth all but spent.
Cold, clammy fingers stretch forth, grasping at my heart,
Already numb and listless. A downward descent
In oblivion follows, ‘til all feelings depart.
Like a dying replicant, I’m left to ponder
The meaning of this brief, unreal existence;
Will those moments be washed in the rain forever
Like so many tears of faded significance?
Is my short time already up? Oh, so many painful, haunting questions left unanswered…
Like a distant, frozen comet, I was captured
By the gravitational pull of a blazing,
Radiant solar goddess. So quickly it occurred!
As I drew closer, your warmth cradled me, melting
The icy carapace lining my soul with rime.
Creativity, like a bright and shining tail,
Burst forth, a trail of glittering prose and sublime
Intensity, and yet so tenuous and frail.
Did I pass the perihelion of my orbit,
Outward bound for the nether reaches of deep space?
Soon torn away from your embrace, losing my wit,
Swallowed by the dark, out of reach and out of place…
Alas, we meet only to part… All the more reason to treasure every meeting we shared.
My mood of the past few days compelled me to write this short poem. As time passed, I have grown quite fond of our marvellous community and made several close friends... but to all good things there is an eventual end.
Lately, I've had this ridiculous (and quite irrational) notion that it could all wink out of existence if I had to stay away from the game and the forum for too long... and I have to take a momentary leave of absence for seven to ten days.
I will miss all of you. If all goes well, I should be back to you around March 5th.This poem is dedicated to you, the community, and to a special lady friend of mine. The last phrase should prove meaningful to her in several ways...
Without further ado:
Elegy Of A Forgotten Future
Darkness falls, the last glimmer of sunset long gone,
The remaining ambers glowing feebly as I sit
Shivering. The pallid moon has risen anon,
Shadows covering my soul like a grim obit.
The fire is dying, light and warmth all but spent.
Cold, clammy fingers stretch forth, grasping at my heart,
Already numb and listless. A downward descent
In oblivion follows, ‘til all feelings depart.
Like a dying replicant, I’m left to ponder
The meaning of this brief, unreal existence;
Will those moments be washed in the rain forever
Like so many tears of faded significance?
Is my short time already up? Oh, so many painful, haunting questions left unanswered…
Like a distant, frozen comet, I was captured
By the gravitational pull of a blazing,
Radiant solar goddess. So quickly it occurred!
As I drew closer, your warmth cradled me, melting
The icy carapace lining my soul with rime.
Creativity, like a bright and shining tail,
Burst forth, a trail of glittering prose and sublime
Intensity, and yet so tenuous and frail.
Did I pass the perihelion of my orbit,
Outward bound for the nether reaches of deep space?
Soon torn away from your embrace, losing my wit,
Swallowed by the dark, out of reach and out of place…
Alas, we meet only to part… All the more reason to treasure every meeting we shared.
