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In the old days
we threw our daughters
to the Beast from the Sea
while we hid behind our walls
waited for the screams to stop
for another year
the Beast always came back
in the old days
we slaughtered our sons
to sate the blood thirst
of Old Man Time
so that we could forget
that we were growing old ourselves
it never worked
in the old days
we built men of wood
and burned prisoners in them
to the old gods
the old powers
of earth and sky and sea
to keep the enemy
from our walls
it never worked either
(we never stopped trying it though)
we will not make the old mistakes again
we will not tell the same old lies
we will not do that any more
we will not lay these burdens
on our children’s shoulders
instead
we will build ourselves children of metal
quicken them with lightning
pour our hearts and hopes into them
climb inside them
and burn together
we will send our daughters out
to meet the Beast
but under arms
at the side of their brothers
and we will go with them
and fight and die together
or live
as Fate decides