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Here I Am a Fortress

from Great Brunswick Forest by Thrawsunblat

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Here I am a fortress.
Heavy were my days; sleep wore my nights;
Toil was my bane; but stone was my will.

O my allies in blood and in spirit—
Together we roam the brimming glades!
But on my own I face the wailing winds
Of languor, so here I am a fortress.

Fashioned from the surrounding land,
I stand against the winds.
Here strength I summon and travel inward;
I see into the earth.
Its ore I gather, and smelt out in the depths
of this fortress mine.
So when we gather, then I emerge
And I bear for you shimmering ore.
Among the rocks did I lay; among the roots did I slumber;
In the earth did I sleep; I was devoured by the sun.

I was washed into the sea; I became naught but purpose;
But then I rose and strong I stood
Against the weight I chose to carry.

A fortress I am and here I stand,
Fashioned I am from this land.

Life is not simply to breathe,
Nor to break back for others’ intents.
Life is to grow, to struggle free,
To assert one’s own unique existence.
A fortress of stone is what I am.
Fashioned I am from this land,
First crumbled down, down,
Indiscernible from Earth.

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from Great Brunswick Forest, released October 19, 2018

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