Shai Hulud Willing Oneself To Forget What Cannot Otherwise Be Forgiven
FAIL THE SUN TO SHINE AS THERE IS NO MORE BEAUTY LEFT TO ALIGHTEN WHAT ONCE FLOURISHED HAS WEATHERED AWAY AND WHAT WILL NOT WEATHER I CANNOT STOMACH OH, THE CRUELTY OF A PERSISTENT SCAR I CAN KEEP MY LIPS FROM TREMBLING WHILE I SEVER, WITH REGRETFUL HANDS THE STRINGS SO CARELESSLY ATTACHED TO ME I CAN REMOVE THE LITTER OF INTIMACY ALAS, THIS WILL NOT BE THE DEATH OF ME IF THAT WHICH MERELY TEARS SELDOM LASTS HOW CAN THAT WHICH BREAKS EVER HEAL? I WOULD RATHER BLEED THAN FEEL I WOULD RATHER BLEED NO MAN CAN LEARN THE VALUE OF HIS LIFE WITHOUT PAIN YET, NO MAN DESERVES A LIFE'S WORTH IN PAIN AND I HAVE A LIFETIME LEFT TO LEARN AM I NOT A BETTER MAN? A MAN WHO HAS GROWN SOUND AND STRONG A MAN WHO HAS LEARNED FROM HIS MISERY AM I NOT A BETTER MAN? A CLEVER MAN WHO TAUGHT HIS FLESH THE WAY OF STEEL THIS LASTING MAN OF RESOLVE AND WILL AM I NOT A BETTER MAN? OR JUST A BITTER MAN THAT ROTS WITH MEMORIES AND ONLY GROWS COLD INDEED I HAVE GROWN COLD AND THIS MOMENT FEELS LIKE THE HARSHEST END TO THE COLDEST DAY THIS DAY HAS LASTED A LIFETIME WITH AN ETERNITY LEFT TO LAPSE HERE I AM FORSAKEN JUST AS I FORSOOK THE SUN A BLEND OF VENOM AND WINTER- THE KISS OF FROST AND POISON HOW I HAVE WISHED FOR A STEADY HAND TO WIPE AWAY THESE SCARS OR A TENDER KISS TO RENDER ME FORGETFUL WERE THE SUN TO FOLLOW BITTER EXAMPLES WE WOULD TRULY KNOW WINTER ETERNALLY MAY THE SUN SHINE ON THE FORSAKEN MAY THE SUN SHINE BRIGHTLY AND ILLUMINATE OUR SCARS
