The roads I have traveled have been many
both narrow and winding...
straight and long...
both harsh...
and painfully simple.
Oh the stories I could tell!

I have gained the knowledge of the ages
the wisdom of the ancient...
in only just a few short years...
a twinkling of a star really...
only to feel as if I have lost it all on
a breath.

I have raised an army
to watch them fall...
to watch them triumph...
I have cared for and nurtured
cradling to my bosom
as a mother for a child
and I could be
no prouder.

I have found perfection
in a simple kiss...
the complexity of life...
dawning of the day...
but in the setting of the sun
and the birth of the stars...
I lost her.

What beauty the world lost...
the heavens found.

Through trials and tribulations
I triumphed...
only to fail
in the end...
from one winter day
to one fall morning
I lost him.

Yet gained another.

Now I start my travels anew
and begin another chapter...
forging a new path
cutting through the ice...
to watch the roses bloom.

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