Why Must We Always Go On?

  • Why must we always reject the end?

    We fight on and on, and far past our time, we refuse the light and mercy.

    Instead we grit our teeth, swallow our screams, and walk forwards,

    In these well used roads of life, of hopes and dreams, but most of all,

    Of death. Yet we ignore that,

    And focus on the here,

    On the now,

    And forgot the then,

    The eventually.

     

    We are called from the heavens.

    Our names shouted from above, we push away

    The warm hands ready to make us welcome,

    And we brace ourselves, before walking outside

    Into the cold.

     

    A crossroads,

    Diverging paths.

    Heaven or the hell of now?

    Yet still, we go on.

     

    If life is a giant tree,

    We all climb upwards for no reason at all.

    Falling down, we grab desperately onto twigs and branches,

    Finally stopping ourselves.

    Then, we climb up further.

    When we reach the top, only then are we ready to let go,

    To fall back with our eyes closed, feel the wind in our hair,

    And enjoy the free-fall, enjoy the air rushing near us, and enjoy

    The sun warming us, as we plummet down.

     

    Oh, why must we go on?

    Why must we travel further more on these paths?

    Why must we reject death?

    Why must we always climb this tree of life,

    Or die trying,

    Die... trying to live.

    Oh, why must we go on?

     

Comments

41 Comments
  • Lyall
    Lyall   ·  April 6, 2016
    XD
  • Justiciar Thorien
    Justiciar Thorien   ·  April 1, 2016
    Lol, sorry) Don't know how the talk about the Dreamsleeve turned towards Talos XD
  • Lyall
    Lyall   ·  March 31, 2016
    Umm... Well, my comment section just exploded. xD Learned a lot though. Knowledge! :D
  • Mortiferous
    Mortiferous   ·  March 31, 2016
    That's true.
  • Justiciar Thorien
    Justiciar Thorien   ·  March 31, 2016
    Everyone makes mistakes. The question is whether you're willing to overcome them and change yourself to the better or you just think you're right because you're strong. It doesn't always matter what you've done, more important is why.
  • Mortiferous
    Mortiferous   ·  March 31, 2016
    One could say that people shouldn't follow the Last Dragonborn because of the things he has done wrong.
  • Justiciar Thorien
    Justiciar Thorien   ·  March 31, 2016
    I don't think he's outright evil, just... not a person good enough to follow. But this is just my opinion.
  • Mortiferous
    Mortiferous   ·  March 31, 2016
    He is both good and chaotic at the same time, not necessarily evil, but due to the dragonbreak his two counterparts collided and formed the Talos we know.
  • Justiciar Thorien
    Justiciar Thorien   ·  March 31, 2016
    I have some doubts about that. Anyway I like Lorkhan's personality, not his place. And IMO Talos isn't a good guy, although he's definitely smart.
  • Mortiferous
    Mortiferous   ·  March 31, 2016
    Well Talos likely mantled Lorkhan and took his place on the Pantheon.