Did I just compose and post a 7 part threaded poem👇 entitled “That Tear The Paladin Shall Never Shed” to my timeline?
Why, yes. Yes I did.
Have a good day *doffs cap*
Such is my Price. Such is my Privilege. Such is my lot.
I would not have it otherwise.
It is an incredible honor and privilege to serve others as a Paladin.
Other’s needs must temper one’s own. The greater good …
For at the end, beneath all raiment and pretense, I am but a humble man, as ever a fool as could walk this earth.
My power is great. My cause, just. I will endure. Justice must and will prevail, even if the battle surpasses me. I will not be gainsaid.
Still.
I am weary.
And it is a hard won privilege. I surpassed the darkest corners of my own Dimholt Road to prove my worth. To serve.
I am uniquely gifted to survive such horror. To serve.
To my last breath I am gladly sworn to this task.
But when the loved becomes lodestone, I lie exposed …
Whose heart could be more readily pierced than one thus sworn to justice?
No dagger of fell intent could mete out a tenth the pain of a loved one’s disregard.
To ever forbear, yet never forborne.
Roland’s Curse? Hero’s Bargain? Or simply …
The Price of a Paladin’s Privilege.
Who protects the sworn protector, if they cannot suffice? When, ever blinded by pride, they refuse to blow their horn?
Succor unsummoned is surrender.
Yet I willingly traded away my horn to gain this privilege. This is no curse. It is part and parcel of the Hero’s Bargain …
It is an incredible honor and privilege to serve others as a Paladin.
Other’s needs must temper one’s own. The greater good is paramount. One’s own needs? Trifles.
Yet the pain is no lesser when one you love chooses to harm you. Test you. Again.
Is this Roland’s Curse? …
All good! If I had a dime for every photo I once possessed and can no longer find, we’d ALL be swimming in cream 😂
Awww, Gidget’s family sounds so cute!
Y’know, it’s funny you say 5 was the limit. In the book, Richard Adams specified rabbits couldn’t comprehend numbers beyond 4 - anything more was just “hrair” - “a lot.” 😂
Which made “Fiver” even more interesting 🤔
Well fuck me, I accidentally liked your comment. I corrected that.
C’mon, fellow resistor. Give me a comment I CAN like.
Nobody’s keeping score. It’s cool. I believe in you.
Dude, you don’t have to double down. Resisting isn’t a contest. Being anti-war criminal Netanyahu has nothing to do with antisemitism and you oughtta know that’s pure GOP fallacy by now.
Apologize. Delete. Walk. No one fights nazis harder than Kush, my friend.
Did you seriously admonish a fellow resistor strapped for $$ - as so many are rn - ‘cuz her banner?
One bullet point isn’t aligned w/yours & you can’t help AND can’t be cool?
You have options. Apologize? That would be nice. Delete & walk? Still got your pride.
Your move, ally.
