{"sf1_id":1007457,"sf2_id":"YnLAp981","title":"Everlasting","author":"Sendokidu","words":249,"posted_at":"2016-05-22T22:14:00.000Z","tags":["Adventure","Dream","Mountain","Poem","Youth","glade","life","travel"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1007457-everlasting","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLAp981","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f9/2c/f92c76cf-3ddc-46eb-93cf-5347f85701f4","description":"Figured I should try uploading on here a bit, getting tired of just one place. Also, been forever since I've been here, so might as well upload something good.","content":"Sleeping dreams wisp away, a\n\nCavern's secret trove beckoning.\n\nLegends old enkindle weary\n\nHearts, and adventure's sought over.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTaverns' glistening jewels\n\nSpin the golden spiel further,\n\nReaching high above onto\n\nPerilous peaks of fire.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWakes of the past soon seethe through\n\nYouthful bellies, one such\n\nChurned towards the merciless gambit\n\nDrenched in kingdoms' treasure.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSword held out, the Hero\n\nWalks the trodden path through\n\nGlades unkempt of man, a\n\nLush undisturbed with beauty.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHoary mountains quivering,\n\nSnow pelts down upon the\n\nWanderer's back as the welkin\n\nSighs, the journey nearing its close.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFlames spewing forth from out the\n\nEarthly chimney, he enters,\n\nStaggering through darkened\n\nHalls of unknown terrors.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nQuaking bellows surge through the\n\nGround, the room alight in a\n\nWarm glow as a serpent\n\nLarge and bold from sleep stirred.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBlade and fang glare down the\n\nRivals' joust, a wiry\n\nSmile the last remorse as the\n\nTwo lay 'way their weapons.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nPassing years lead back to those\n\nHumble pubs again, the\n\nYouth of then no longer\n\nFancied with tales of the elders.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nReminiscing of days long\n\nGone, a man of age takes\n\nHold a quelling boy so\n\nFit to live without his dreaming.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWrinkled lips locked in a grin, he\n\nTurns the child around, his\n\nGrey eyes shining with a\n\nLight thought lost a world ago.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nPulling out a scale of blue,\n\nWords of desire seep into\n\nVenturous ears while the dragon\n\nStrings along his thread fermenting.  \n  \n\n"}