Land of Fire

*Author's note. I wrote this one after listening to this awesome instrumental song. It inspired this poem here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5sqs1AB0-Q So, imagine that you're an elf and watching your home (the forest) burn down around you as you read this. Hopelessness burdens our souls Onwards we march, driven from our homes A child looks back, as her mother plays the silent role The great forest burning as the elves roam. A single elf remains watching, As their lush homeland is turned to ashes Emotions linger, hidden under the surface A single tear, the only sign of her pain She silently curses, mourning her lost home The beauty of the land, marred beyond measure Her throat burns as she aches within The human eye, to never see the grief therein She casts her gaze to the stars And two simple words faintly caress the twilight air “If only….” If only greed was not a part of this world If only darkness did not dwell in the hearts of men If only, those lonely words the embodiment of all her thoughts If only, she whispers as she turns Hiding the pain within as the forest burns The elves beloved home no more And the lonely words softly spoken “If only….”