<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>firebrand - Archive - MayVaneDay Studios</title> </head> <body> <p align=center> <b>MayVaneDay Studios (Gopher Edition)</b> </p> <p><b>firebrand</b></p> <p>published: 1-1-2019</p> <p> </p> <p>before, in your grief, you say<br /> "everything sucks, and nothing is okay"<br /> just remember how you used to watch the trees sway</p> <p>in the death- the absence of light<br /> watching the hands of midnight<br /> scrape their twisted twiggy fingers, locked in eternal fight</p> <p>take heart, little one! remember your name<br /> chosen by yourself, pains taken care that it was not the same<br /> as the people who took joy in you being the one they should defame</p> <p>do not discard yourself to the tomb just yet and become a recluse<br /> you think there is light there, but it is just a ruse<br /> to detach you from humanity and rob you of your muse</p> <p>you have far greater things in life still yet to achieve<br /> you have friends, a lover, family, who in you they believe<br /> just remember: for everything, if you insist, have a good reason to leave</p> <p>if they drag you into the night, don't be afraid to wrack up a storm<br /> take pride in who you are, and in your human form!<br /> a god you are not, and a girl you shall stay<br /> in terms of bodily functions, anyway</p> <p>do not shy away from the natural state of the human condition<br /> lest you lose grasp on reality and cause your own perdition</p> <p>remember that there is no such thing as perfection in life<br /> there is always still more work to be done, more things to cause strife</p> <p>you are destined for greatness! now go, and make peace!<br /> and bring hope for the future to the least of these!</p> </body> </html>