Lady of the Sapphires


Arriving from the Bastion of North
Was a person of perfection,
My gaze was brought to hers,
Yet I was deceived by a malevolence
Disguised but laced with many warnings,
Chocolate milk was shared and we parted,
My gaze resolutely moved away to the deception,
And the Lady of Sapphires would vanish.

Many decades pass
Decades of darkness and agony,
Unbeknownst to me
The Lady of Sapphires moved to the Sanctuary of South,
My gaze returned to her lambent beauty
And all the darkness undulated away,
It took this old Troll a century
To realise that the secret to true happiness
Was not clinging to a fragile loyalty
But rather to love someone who actually loves you just as much and
equally.
And the Lady of Sapphires would vanish
And appear in my arms.

Through the Lady of Sapphires's
Words, lips, hands, feet, and glances
Many new experiences were encountered.
Experiences such as getting genuine adoration and admiration
Sweet letters and messages to read in the mornings
Basking in gifts after gifts whether it's a silver bracelet or chocolate
bats
Being defended against other miscreants,
It took this old Troll a century
To realise that the secret to true happiness
Was not clinging to a fragile loyalty
But rather to be with someone who dissolves all your weaknesses,
Someone who miraculously erases your jealousies and tempers
A lady who makes you more eager to be a better man and Knight
Someone who makes you feel great ambitions for a better life,
Tis the story of the Lady of Sapphires
Who would become Ashtan's greatest Mayasmas present to me.

Your warmth and generous love heals and fills
The once battered and hollow heart within myself,
My dark age has ended
And my Golden age is ushered forth.

(Thank you for everything, Deeva.)
-D.L.




Penned by my hand on the 8th of Lupar, in the year 418 AF.