He grasps at the sun, though it burns his hands, and by
his actions the worlds are preserved. He swims in the river, thought
he current pulls him down, and by his struggles are the winds kept
turning. He strives up the mountain, though his limbs grow weary and
the stone rends his skin, and by his pains the stars are renewed. Do
not weep for him, child, though his life is hard, for without his
pain, non should return from the restless sleep wherein we burn our
nights in the hope that tomorrow some small whisper of a shadow of
peace will fall upon our sleepless ears and we will wake in glory.
For we, the common masses, can do nothing of ourselves to escape the
cruel fate which enslaves our pitiful species. We need our heroes,
our altruistic noble youths, to lift us up from amongst the
putrescent refuse of life to dwell in the clouds among the gods of
light. Our heroes, who run through sorrow and woe, never to emerge
into the sun with us, who sacrifice their lives and souls to see us
through the darkened bog to light and life in the sky again. For so
it is with all worlds, in all times, for all eternity. Learn it
well, child, the lesson of the truest love. This is the knowledge
which sustains the turning of earths.