----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. A shell of sorrow I may often cry the lonely one's tear And fear the one thing most terrible to fear For here I am cast within by an unfair demon Cursed by fate to remain within For a thousand eternities, a day and tomorrow I know I must remain inside a shell of sorrow! This mind is far beyond Either before or behind Its intended time! And I along with it am cursed to tribulation To scream for its undoing with unimaginable frustration To no avail, to suffer as long as the duration! I swear at the fates that dealt this sad tale And ponder of the meaning to it all Even knowing that no-one really cares as long as I fall And remain lost forever to the roots of my soul. Just as the demons stand guard over my lonely hole I know I must remain inside a shell of sorrow! -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_