You are woken from your sleep.
Roused by the death-calls of your fellows.
Their cries echo in eternity.

In your lair, deep underground,
You sigh-
Then give one final, heart-rendering cry,
As you think of what could have been...
What should have been...

As you drift into an endless sleep,
Your last act is to weep-
For yourself...for your kind...
And for what will never be.

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