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Reminisce for sake of those forfeited to Lord Umbra,<br />
Now paying servitude by forsaking mirth and future.<br />
Other worlds casting paltry glimpses of Earth in their sky<br />
Must be filled with the same emptiness that far outnumbers<br />
The living.<br />
Across the universe, upon these graveyard worlds comes life<br />
From life.<br />
Each orbits as a generational ship with innumerable sleeping<br />
Who will never see the light of a new world,<br />
But will be upon his home on its last day.<br />
Find comfort that your bed shall be made with fallen enemies,<br />
Yet sorrow for each remembered face now locked in your tomb.<br />
If not your gaze nor your smile shall be carried in legacy,<br />
What of that<br />
Upon the day, go to face kindred and unknowns<br />
With unfaltering longevity and close thine eyes<br />
As one who has enjoyed a feast of kings<br />
With all the peasants of the world.<br />
—David Arellano<br />
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