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Avechary Will Be Here Soon by Coraline
Runner-Up for August 2021
When a batphone message inadvertently turns into a poetry prompt, this is the result:
Avechary Will Be Here Soon
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Avechary will be here soon
Currently it is Vestian 20th, noon.
As sunrise drapes summer skies in gold
Warm sands condense upon the astral threshold
The sands have called upon us to pursue;
Seek glorious Power that our homes are due
Many perils await those of us that dare
Too much is at stake, when there's so little to share
We chase phantom winds in an alien plane
Only to find that it had all been in vain
For more often than not, we are pained to realize:
We've ended up sandless, from a barren breeze's demise
Dejected, we roam the strange lands in pain,
Until warm sands form on the astral shores again
And summer will end, then autumn will come
Providing a brief respite for some
But when spring ends next, it will begin anew
Sands to claim, Fire Lords to imbue
Avechary will be here soon
But right now, it's only a lazy afternoon.