We Grieve

there are (censored) swears and prolly also there are gonna be mentions of gore, so if that sort of stuff makes you feel uncomfy, then feel free to read something else! c: (have you read queen scarlet and the shoelace? you should)
bitterness
this war was fought for many years, it
should not have been ours to inherit.
the land was soaked in blood and tears, it
should not have been ours to inherit.
you threw your children into battle and 
called them privileged when they were ungrateful
ignored their weak and fragile cries, and
left when carnage turned your mind.
this war you started takes and takes, 
should hatchlings suffer from parents’ mistakes?
we make our own destiny
go on 
go choose some heroes from your generation; 
don’t pick dragonets to be your salvation. 
this fabricated mess, this miserable farce 
has left us all with pain and scars. 
but you alone are the ones who’ll thrive, 
for we are the ones that are sent to die. 
we carry the burden we have received and 
shoulder the task that you bequeathed 
while you sit above and call for more. 
why should we fight in your war? 
exhaustion (clay)
i only wanted
my friends to be safe.
my friends, i call them, but i suppose
they’re more like my Family.
yes, that feels more
right. 
i just wanted 
my Family to be safe.
rage (tsunami)
f//k this war and
f//k this s//t,
i don’t want to 
be in it.
what’s a prophecy got to 
do with me?
i don’t CARE if im 
a dragonet of destiny.
i will FIGHT whoever makes me choose
a winner where dragons will only lose.
wow! three moons. so 
you’re still gonna argue?
after all that i’ve said, and 
all that i’ve told you?
just get the hint!
get off my back!!
or i’ll throw some hands, 
and snap your neck.
shame (glory)
the guardians told me my tribe 
is lazy and stupid, 
lazy and stupid. 
the guardians told me that i 
am lazy and stupid, 
lazy and stupid. 
i am not the dragon they want. 
i work twice as hard, and all for what? 
praise they will never give me 
recognition i 
can never earn. 
so i wear my shame like a second skin, i 
wear my shame like a second skin.
pulled over my scales, held close to them.
shame turns to spite and i turn to spite—
spit vitriol, little rainwing.
your words are brambles and briars;
you use them to stick and hurt others.
a thorny wall which you have grown
to conceal your weakness from the world.
yes, you wear your shame like a second skin, you
wear your shame like a second skin.
pulled over your scales so they stay hidden.
shame coats your tongue in venom and
this venom drips into your words.
you spit them forth, from your mouth
a deadly weapon that burns. 
so i know it well that i am caustic, 
i know it well i am acerbic.
that my speech is 
corrosive, poisonous;
sharp and scathing; acrimonious.
but better that than a tribe 
which is lazy and stupid, 
lazy and stupid.
better that than a dragon 
who is lazy and stupid, 
lazy and stupid.
pathetic (starflight)
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; Pathetic. 
weak and feeble and 
fragile; i 
i wish i weren’t a 
Coward.
worthless (sunny)
i am not 
Worthless. 
i have Worth, a 
Purpose! 
a 
Dragonet of Destiny, 
that’s what I Am! 
i know 
I Can Do Good. 
i know 
I Can Stop This War! 
oh. 
the prophecy was a lie.
anxiety (moonwatcher)
oh my moons, 
oh three moons. 
there are dragons everywhere; 
there are dragons everywhere. 
there are dragons everywhere, 
their eyes are watching everywhere. 
they’re watching me. 
they’re watching me. 
they’re watching me. 
they’re watching me. 
they’re watching me. 
they’ll see right through me. 
they know what i am, they know what i am 
they know what i am and what i do; i know 
they know what i am and what i do. 
they know, they know, they know. 
if they don’t know now, then they will know soon. 
stop watching me, stop 
staring. 
don’t look at me. Please. 
i’ll duck my head and avert my eyes; i’ll 
keep to myself and keep myself quiet. 
i won’t cause any trouble. 
i won’t be any trouble. 
please, do not think i'm trouble, please 
i’m just a normal dragon. 
i am a normal dragon. 
i’m like all the normal dragons, so Please
A/N: i don’t actually know how to write winter so this is just. words.
prejudice (winter)
as everyone knows and is well-aware, 
nightwings are a dangerous lot. 
those scheming fakes, those 
treacherous monsters— 
all of them. 
not a single one is an upright dragon; 
not a single one. 
there are no exceptions. 
wait, what about—
none of them are decent. 
do you think that way about—
i would never fraternize with a NightWing. 
what about— 
oh, um. hi, 
Everyone. 
what were you talking about? 
moon! moon! 
winter’s saying mean things again—! 
he’s going on and on about 
what his tribe taught him.
 
fear (kinkajou)
i don’t— 
i don’t exactly 
disagree with winter. 
the nightwings, they’re 
scary. 
they 
steal you, take you 
from your home— 
put heavy chains 
around your throat. 
my fellow tribe members, they 
never came, so for days and days, 
I remained. 
no sun, no fruit— 
no light, no food. 
stuck inside that 
horrid cave, with no way out 
to leave the place. 
yes, the nightwings, they 
scare me. i’m...afraid of them still. 
except for moon! it’s like 
she’s hardly a nightwing; 
she’s so sweet!
deceit
sometimes, it 
just hurts 
inside. 
but i 
can’t let 
anyone 
inside. 
so, i’ll put a smile 
on my face, 
to be my barricade. 
smiles 
and laughter 
will be where i 
hide; 
there’s no one 
who wants, 
or needs 
what’s inside. 
i... 
i want to be liked. 
whiteout’s wish (sorrow)
lavender and tangerine and 
all the wondrous pretty things 
we could have had.
archaeology and spelunking,
all that’s good and full of beauty
that we could have had
had you just taken a different path.
the wind was cold, and the snow was falling
and you thought you knew where you were going, 
but into the darkness you were flying 
into the hole, you were falling.
you were falling, falling, falling.
you were falling, falling, falling.
the snow was falling and the sand was falling
the place you went, no dragon could follow.
i could do nothing to help you as i 
watched your eyes turn hollow. 
you got colder and harder all along here. 
the rift you have wrought cannot be repaired. 
“whiteout, whiteout!” i heard you cry, 
but you looked on calmly when our father died. 
probability. chaos theory. 
a picture painted in shades of blue. 
a picture painted, now ruined too.
carnelian’s commentary (dissent)
these dragons might’ve killed my friends, 
and you want me to make nice with them? 
a future general should not have to 
play a student at an enemy’s school. 
but though this endeavor seems a waste, 
i am your Soldier; i will Obey. 
just don’t expect me to love or like it— 
i don’t want to be around these dragons. 
i’ve pledged my loyalty to you alone, 
so why is here where i must go?
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