Lycos Locket

[RadioHead]

Is this what life is now?

To live with the loss of those you have loved?

Have I failed them?

Generations have been born since my time. To see the golden plains of Aphros, to fight in the war that caused the loss of our home. To see the rising generations of my own children has been an odd feeling... Though I may not be considered human anymore, humanity's grace is what pushed many of us forward. I must accept the truth that the generation I was born to is coming to an end, we must push on for the next generations, we must push on for their children, and their children's children we must always be moving forward. We tell them that the only way in life to make a difference is by pushing on.

Yet we have forgotten at times what it means to live. To be alive is more than fighting in wars, more than talking to people, it is to truly understand who you are as a person. These are lessons that are not taught to anyone but something that Life itself must teach you. I wonder, how easy it would be to return to the spirit realm, to live a life with all those friends I have lost through the generations.

Those of us who took the trek to Lira Moore... I am the last that remains. We fought so hard to give a better life for our children, and perhaps for a time, we were able to do this. The loss of my best friend has been a pain I have not felt in a long time, they tell me he died willingly for another life. I expected nothing less than that from him, but he's left his daughter behind, he's left my heart with a weeping wound.

For I am the last of the Lira Moore.

Many people have asked me what it is like to die. I tell them painful. None have ever asked me what it means to live. Though truthfully I don't know if I can give them a proper answer, who I was as a man is not who I am now. Less than I am... it is hard to describe but one who has lived for so long must question what it means to be here when others have passed on. I question, why haven't I? It is a choice I have but I think deep down I know the answer.

Those who have died by my side, those who I have fought with, and those who I have loved. May never die if I live on, their memories will never fade should I remain.

The Forge is nearly done. ...And then?

Meranthe will change forever, and I will be there to witness such amazing things that will come. I will record history so that no one may truly die in the face of death, death is not our enemy but a gentle friend who I have made amends with. I accept my fate.

I accept who I am and what I shall become.

I will never forget those who lived by my side.

It would make me less than I am.