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Isn't it amazing
how the thing
you so wanted
to be, you became;
and before you had even
learned to buckle
your armor,
you chose to betray
yourself, all of us,
and fell lower than
our eyes could see.

While I, who never
wanted this path,
this onerous duty,
who lacked the faith
have stood relentlessly
on these battlements
all these years,
bloodied, tattered,
but never falling.

And yet still I stand
sword and shield in hand,
and reflect that after
so many years,
I have less faith
in the cause
than when I began,
and my only hope
is to continue
to hold the high ground
and continue
to stand.