{"sf1_id":1003766,"sf2_id":"5nzrlGdn","title":"Glory-us...","author":"Jiblits","words":597,"posted_at":"2016-05-20T12:45:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","Short Story","self-sacrifice"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1003766-glory-us","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/5nzrlGdn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/38/ef/38eff901-0501-4dda-823e-0e2986431c79","description":"Another thought of late night reasoning =p\nI wrote down most of what I remembered before I slept","content":"Glory-us...\n\nLegs unwilling to walk\n\nVoice gone, no longer able to talk\n\nEyes closing among the sunny day\n\nSoon, if I'm lucky, friends \u0026 family will carry me away...\n\nBefore then, I have a job to complete\n\nBody broken, my resolve remains concrete\n\nNot willing to stop, I stumble about toward the beasts that bare no humanity\n\nWith eyes filled with surprise, they look at me with questionable sanity\n\nA moment more of them stopped in place\n\nGives hope to those I cherish with a smiling face\n\nStill standing, moving toward them with an ember still lit in my soul\n\nI'll fight till the last light flickers among the coldest coal\n\nSight blurred, I ask the, to make the first move, mine may be my last\n\nWith greed they proceed, I'll be certain to leave all I can, all the frustrations, my anger, my strength in today's\u0026nbsp;tomorrow, my past...\n\nFearfully fast they surround me, eyes closed, in this moment, there's nothing I can't see...\n\nQuick to swing, I feel each sting\n\nHeavy hits throw me to \u0026 fro\n\nAs they stop, I get back up, I can't yet go\n\nWith all that I am, I come back in force I never knew\n\nShowing in pain-filled hits how much I grew\n\nFighting for lighting, my eyes red, one arm no longer moving as I choose\n\nMy legs are cemented in one place, my body completely loose\n\nI can't feel anymore\n\nThe only thing holding me here now are my memories, the ones I adore...\n\nOne falls, heavily breathing it's last breath\n\nSoon enough, I, as it has, will certainly meet death...\n\nToo strong the urge to sleep, I swing too hard, digging into myself, time too deep\n\nOne good hit from another, \u0026 I'm on the ground\n\nMindfully trying to breathe, I don't hear a sound...\n\nBlind to who or what stands before me\n\nPainful movements are all I can't see\n\nIn this, I hope I did enough, I hope they no longer hurt those I'd give anything for\n\nHear I must stay, till I'm found one day, I can do no more...\n\nEchoes in my mind, I hear them....calling my name\n\nTo not see them again, will have to be my dying shame...\n\n...I hear them again, calling louder, they seem so near now\n\nI could swear I feel them, somehow...\n\nSuddenly I feel tears above me....\n\nOh how I wish I could see...\n\nHow, there here now, I wish I could \u0026nbsp;let them know...\n\nI have so very much I'd like to explain, to show\n\nThere holding so carefully what's left of me, I can hear them talking, wondering why\n\nThey're enough, this I made sure no one would deny...\n\nAs they carry me back to town\n\nStruggling, not one gives in to let me down...\n\nSun light warming to the touch\n\nI whisper once more, \"Thank you so much\"\n\nSoft hands close my eyes, \u0026 kiss my head\n\nI'm fine, it's okay, for now I'm resting, I know I'll soon be dead\n\nA hero in thought, a good friend in life at its best\n\nTo carry on will be they're shared final test\n\nOne none has to take\n\nNot for my sake\n\nUnder a tree shaded so perfectly\n\nMy memories remind friends \u0026 family of what I once was, all thoughts shared so happily...\n\nWhat a life, so wonderful to have lived, to love\n\nEach day is forevereasy now under my world of wonder above\n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;---Always---\n\n  \n  \n\n"}