| There wasn't a one of us could hardly stand unaided. We knew that our home was gone,and not a thing could change it... Bitteress defeat of all was that we;none of us;had wanted it to go so far,but now that blood was spilt,there was no going back... Our lives were in this land.We loved it more than our ownselves...It was,and will ever be,our heart!... A battlecrow heralds a new day arriving,even as it picks through the ruins of our foes... Why they came here is no mystery,for we ourselves know the call of this fair place...Now all is broken beyond repair;beyond hope... They shall have this land;for the price is paid in full!... Never could we endure shedding a mortals blood.We were the caregivers;but by some insanity,we took up the sword,and spear!... I weep for our foolishness!..I miss the innocence... "Gather up friends",I cried."We must be gone before the day is finished." Many a tear was shed then as we went away from there,but I turned back once to bless the newcomers;for they were already landing on the shores of our Beloved... I did not want to go.A hard thing it was,but also needful...We could not live together in peace...Their dead already cried for justice;so,as I looked back,I gave what virtue I had left,"Live well in this land.Take all that we have,and use it wisely..,but on some future day,think not so ill of us,for we would undo it all if we could!...Remember us as we were.Only;remember us,and we will be content.",...then we walked away into the shadows;fading into gray... |
