Tales of Val the brave lalafell #17

September 17, 2024 Valrun

There is more ugliness than beauty in this world.

To live is to suffer. To drink of calamity and drown in anguish. To toll and be tested, always and ever.

Tis a perilous path you walk. Death lurks in the dark and is the sole promise that awaits at journeys end. You will tremble with terror. You will weep tears of anger and despair.

But do not avert your eyes, see your life for what it is. Then you will see how the hardships make you strong.

Every doubt reforged as scales for your armor. Every agony to temper your blade.

And this concludes the tales of Val the brave lalafell.

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Tales of Val the brave lalafell #16

September 17, 2024 Valrun

Hear, think, feel…

I close my eyes, tell us why must we suffer
Release your hands, for your will drags us under
My legs grow tired, tell us where must we wander
How can we carry on if redemption's beyond us?

To all of my children in whom Life flows abundant
To all of my children to whom Death hath passed his judgement
The soul yearns for honor, and the flesh the hereafter
Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after

Now open your eyes while our plight is repeated
Still deaf to our cries, lost in hope we lie defeated
Our souls have been torn, and our bodies forsaken
Bearing sins of the past, for our future is taken

War born of strife, these trials persuade us not
(Feel what? Learn what?)
Words without sound, these lies betray our thoughts
(See what? Hear what?)
Mired by a plague of doubt, the Land, she mourns
Judgement binds all we hold to a memory of scorn
Tell us why, given Life, we are meant to die, helpless in our cries?

Thy Life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow
To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow
In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow
Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow
In the same fleeting moment
Thou must live
Die
And know