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The Tide of the Dream by Xanward
Merit for August 2015
The tide of the dream
Batters against the walls of the Basin
We wonder what it does mean
To the arms of our Father, we do hasten
With His might, he swims upstream
To find the source of this torrent
It is here that He plans His scheme
To use His four axioms and set a warrant
For the Dreamer has stirred
An event not one could have predicted
We must place the fool within a gird
Should we not stop him, our most precious moments will be afflicted
The flesh of a mortal
Such a mundane guise
One cannot help but chortle
As we have faith it will lead to the Dreamer’s demise
He walked into their hellish wood
The Nightmare, now the hermit Gianam
He bade them listen, preaching of the nightmares as He stood
That He was a servant of the Forest Dream, and He had been for the longest span
Those of the Seren to the infested realm
Where He convinced them he would make contact
It was a simple plan, for those of the Seren are easy to whelm
A month passed, and there was no sign of combat
We shall collect the baubles of Hoaracle!
That was His plan
Yet a child from New Celest stated that this may be a ruse, of Drocilla, to strike us upon our auricle
Oh, silly child, we have had faith since His plan began
As the plan came to fruition
Maylea, the Bloom of Serenity, cast aside the veil
It was there that she revealed the Nightmare’s true mission
With a cackle and a near, our Father returned to the Commune, for we had collected our Grail
He urged us to build the needle
A thing of great power
It was with this tool, against the Dreamer, we would treadle
The coward Maylea came up with another plan, as she did cower
A poison upon her lips
For a kiss was the greatest gift she could give Him
Approaching him, she was one in number, but she feasts as the thrips
Our Father’s anger at this gift, it filled him to the brim
Scathing at the wretch
He tore a hole into the dreaming
But wait! What is revealed? Hurry, go to the Needle, fetch!
It was with great joy, at the reveal of such a tree, that we were beaming!
The Needle drilled into bark so weak
Stealing his essence
Taking what little power remained in the hands of the meek
It was in our hands now, the greatest quintessence
Glory be to Glomdoring!
We have won victory this day.
Another victory awaits, for in the Needle, Hope is storing
For the Maeve, so with us, she may stay