May the cool embrace of winter's night shelter us from the cruel gleam in death's eye as he rides the shadows through the plains of time and the winds of eternity

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The darkness of being alone overtakes my hollow soul leaving me shrouded in shadow hiding in the night forever forgotten

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The calm of the hunt overtakes my silent, clouded mind as I dance with the tiger a cold rage burning in my heart

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It is an immortal war of time         knowledge and power; the seeking of peace; the being of the all         the understanding of innocence - - a child's loving heart? and the embrace of quiet         fighting for that innocence, defending                 its right to be                      never finding peace                           a warrior's path

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I fight, yet I cannot win I win, yet I cannot defeat I defeat, yet I cannot triumph         and victory still eludes

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The mind rebels against the consciousness         and the body rebels against the mind         with the mind chained by the spirit;                 creating the whole         Such things are of myth and legend as some powers are not granted nor unique for we are all part of the spectrum of the universe and we all share a power common; life - - life - - which cool water splits to flow apart from respect; from which air enters and exits with the smoothness         of flowing breath                 Simple facts join to form consciousness; consciousness                 forms mind; mind is thought; thought aquires speed                 thoughts become will; It is by will alone the mind is set in motion; to create life - - names are given to life to entitle powers         as yet some powers are granted and unique,         as used to form myth and legend