{"sf1_id":988551,"sf2_id":"RnoZzpqm","title":"Karelian Strength","author":"Foxpiper","words":162,"posted_at":"2016-04-22T00:42:00.000Z","tags":["Chamberlain","Death","Depression","Nature","Poem","Strength","chelsea","darkness","hope","light","sadness"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/988551-karelian-strength","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/RnoZzpqm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/35/3b/353bfb94-bec2-4014-afa2-45881ac77dd8","description":"This is a poem I wrote for Chelsea Chamberlain in response to the death of her boyfriend. I wish her all the best as she slowly recovers from this dark period in her life.","content":"Karelian Strength\n\nBy\n\nFoxpiper\n\nWith softest fur of black and white,\n\nRoamed a maiden of beauty and might;\n\nTwas she who endured at any length,\n\nBy the grace of Karelian strength.\n\nCursed to grieve for a great lover lost,\n\nPainful bearer of the ultimate cost;\n\nShe was left to suffer such emptiness,\n\nNo longer feeling his fond caress.\n\nVisions of times past became a blur,\n\nAs tears weighed heavily upon her fur;\n\nAlas, was a tragic life worth living,\n\nFrom cruelest fate most unforgiving?\n\nDespite all the dour hardships and strife,\n\nThe young maiden courageously chose life;\n\nEmbraced by those whom she held dear,\n\nHope had a place with everyone near.\n\nMoments of sadness would still persist,\n\nNever forgetting her fair lover missed;\n\nBut light would banish the darkness away,\n\nAnd let her greet the dawning day.\n\nThus, she wandered with spirit anew,\n\nFrom stately mountains to the oceans blue;\n\nGoing the distance regardless the length,\n\nBless this girl of Karelian strength.\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n"}