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The falling leaves mark the changing of the seasons

Too soon for me I fear I’m unprepared

Clouded skys and red horizon as the sun sets

The fog comes pouring through the trees

Once calm waters now thrash violently around

This is only the beginning

The sleepless nights to come, awake and shivering cold

Perennial torture, that could shatter the soul

Inhabitable lands, home to no one

A dead zone on the earth, how has this been done before

Dawning my furs I close my eyes

This fire that I build burns brightly in the night

Its warmth ill miss in the coming months

The flames flicker off the barren trees, taunting

Illuminating mist that surrounds me

Fallen leaves lay only to decay

Scattered reminders of these dreadful days

The sleepless nights to come, awake and shivering cold

Perennial torture, that could shatter the soul

Inhabitable lands, home to no one

A dead zone on the earth, how has this been stood before

Dawning my furs I close my eyes

Exiled on this unforgiving plain

Years of survival have taken their toll

I wish this torment on no man

Thoughts in my mind make no sense

Emotion nor language exist

Only primal instinct

The will to survive