(for hour 9—this too shall pass prompt—from Onweald)
Pain Not Passing
(by the character Nigel Taiman)
Amanda
How can one body endure sorrow such as this
Not even when lashed by The Dragon’s claws did I know such pain
You were the one who was to live
to succeed
to outlast
Amanda
How am I to go on without you
Mia tells me time will heal these wounds
She knows not the depth of the pain
from the memory of your fall
Kaylin tells me this too shall pass
She is a false prophet
to be protected from the caves of Tiurlang
Tell me who is to protect me
from the caves of my brain
when night falls
and the second moon reaches its zenith
and the Dragon comes for me
filled with anger at our loss of you
Amanda
What a beautiful poem, full of sorrow and hurt but real and beautiful. I especially like the line ”
Tell me who is to protect me
from the caves of my brain”