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                                            From the pinnacle of these ranges
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                                            I gaze in quiet contemplation,
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                                            At this frigid land I dare call home.
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                                            With moments of pain and joy intermixed,
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                                            The tundra's story, I alone can tell.
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                                            Time abounds for an eternal being,
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                                            A constant river that flows without end,
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                                            But for the transient ponies far below,
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                                            The passage of time is unrelenting,
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                                            And cruel and unfeeling in what it claims.
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                                            The wayward tundra is one without mercy,
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                                            Devoid of compassion for life in its midst,
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                                            An unbound cruelty uncertain to end.
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                                            Many lives have been lost and forgotten,
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                                            Many tears I have shed in memoriam.
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                                            This immortal cycle I have watched nonstop.
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                                            This familiar vision throughout the ages.
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                                            These destitute wastelands show without pause
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                                            That even those free of strife will know loss,
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                                            And all for one lone, infinite witness.
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                                            Spring unearths verdant meadows.
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                                            Summer thaws azure waters.
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                                            Fall delivers a warning.
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                                            Winter comes to destroy.
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                                            A sight I have witnessed time and time again.
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                                            The sensation of loss is never dulled.
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                                            To watch young foals mature and thrive
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                                            Then witness the fleeting life in their eyes,
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                                            Is a pain that is never diminished,
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                                            But such is my fate, for now and always.
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                                            And yet despite this forlorn outlook
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                                            There exists a luminescent light.
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                                            The fervor of the ponies down below,
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                                            The sincerity of their warm kindness,
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                                            And their abounding love for all of life.
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                                            Through perilous blizzards and thrashing winds,
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                                            Through countless trials and tribulations,
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                                            Through sudden losses of life and love,
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                                            The ponies endure with camaraderie,
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                                            Unmatched anywhere throughout all the lands.
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                                            Living joyously, and in harmony,
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                                            The ponies have always prospered and grown.
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                                            Their shared passion and jubilance
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                                            Shakes even my stoic countenance,
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                                            And inspires hope in this barren world.
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                                            Belief in each other and in themselves,
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                                            The vigor of life courses within them,
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                                            Challenging any problem without fear.
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                                            Against arduous perils, they stay united,
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                                            supporting their kin through thick and thin.
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                                            And though I lament those departed souls
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                                            Whose ephemeral lives were gone too soon,
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                                            The pain is nulled upon reflection
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                                            That lost souls will never be forgotten,
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                                            For they will always be among the stars.
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                                            And so I gaze atop these peaks
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                                            To watch for all their sakes and more.
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                                            To be their aegis in times of struggle.
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                                            To be their guide in moments of doubt.
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                                            To be their light in times of peace.
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                                            For these precious ponies, I shall be here.
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                                            Forevermore.
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A Poem for Cirrus Wisp
By SolaceonCreated: 2021-11-08 04:00:34
Updated: 2021-11-08 04:01:48
Expiry: Never
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