Treasure

Hold close, don’t let go
Cherish your loved ones

Be kind just because
Not out of personal gain

Take the time to help

Speak with new people
Deepen every day
With something new

Teach generosity by doing good

Deeds and setting an example

Instead of lecturing values or

Demanding without giving first

Most of all, love yourself

Know that you are precious

Believe that your own worth

Should never be taken for granted

11.22.2016

"The worst darkness is the one you can see coming from a long ways off, and all you can do is watch helplessly as the shadow of Death reaches out and steadily grows longer, until one day it finally passes over you."

In the Dark - Part 8

The hunting group doesn’t go out again right away. I can agree with the sense in this, even though I don’t like it. I want to hunt the monsters again, maybe even to kill one with my own hands this time. But there are members of their clan injured from the last one, and hunting with less than their full available force is nothing less than folly.


So, impatiently but understanding, I wait. In the meanwhile, I learn part of the Elder’s history. She speaks of large settlements I can barely even imagine, filled with more people than I’ve seen in my lifetime. Even a Gathering would not host as many, she says.


No more, of course. Whatever the reason why, once the monsters came, that was the end of large communities gathered together. No need to give the monsters a buffet if they do manage to come across humans. Now, we stick to smaller clans, living in the few safe places left to us.

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The Light in the Window

We search out the safe places
We look for the lights

Somewhere to sit down and rest

To tell ourselves that we can stay

That the night will not intrude

The rain will not fall down on us

We will be sheltered and persevere

Together, watching over one another

Our saddest moments shared, and so halved

Hearth and home is the feeling of safety

Knowledge that even the worst will pass

This security is necessary and priceless