Kingdom of Ash

from fields of blood—let the land be witness,
and return home.”
Manon didn’t hear the words. Didn’t notice
when even Glennis returned to the city
looming at her back.
For hours, Manon knelt on the battlefield,
Abraxos at her side. As if she might stay with
them, her Thirteen, for a little while longer.
And far away, across the snow-covered
mountains, on a barren plain before the ruins
of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom.