Cold.

Corrosion eats at my will.

Sometimes, that's just how it is.

There's always work to be done.

Everything's changed.

At least, the sting reminds me that I am alive. And thankful to be so.

It can always be worse.

Every so often, I am alone.

Every so often, I am lonely

Every so often, I remind myself... If I am the only one standing--

It does not matter whether a thousand have fallen, or left, or surrendered, or none at all--

Things do come easier if you don't have to fight your way through a thousand to get to them.

As the one among none, I claim dominion over all that I can see.

Or at least, stewardship. For the world was given to us by a greater power, to watch over.

Being second best is better than nothing, even if it is a distant second best.

Walking forward again, there never was any turning back. And there never was any point in stopping.