{"sf1_id":1194162,"sf2_id":"rn9vNK91","title":"Stalwart","author":"Vye Riosaki","words":131,"posted_at":"2017-06-12T19:13:00.000Z","tags":["No-Yiff","Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1194162-stalwart","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn9vNK91","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/aa/50/aa5032a1-4f63-43d4-878a-327fbdd584b3","description":"#14 of Poems\n\nI don't know where this came from. I guess poems and some drawings will be posted here till I finally am done editing some chapters from The Forest and Ups when Downs.\nEnjoy!","content":"As my body catches up with my age\n\nI finally understand\n\nThe sacrifices you made for us\n\nAnd as my eyes fail\n\nI can finally see\n\nThe blood you had spilt on earth's crust\n\nJust so we\n\nCould be a bit better than you\n\nAs my chest aches\n\nAnd my bones break\n\nI can feel it in my bones\n\nThat this kind of life wasn't meant for me\n\nAnd as brothers fall\n\nAnd sisters sleep\n\nThe stalwart heart you had\n\nSlowly broke over time\n\nAnd I wish I had realized this sooner\n\nSo time it flows\n\nAround and before\n\nAnd I cry out\n\nDrowning and floating\n\nHoping it can slow\n\nSo I can find a flower\n\nAnd put it on your grave\n\nBut time it doesn't wait\n\nOh\n\nTime doesn't wait\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1184738-the-man-and-the-sea.json"}}