Memoirs of Adventure Creative Writing Contest (NA) - Official Entry Thread

[Denatris]

Memories
Memories…so many memories.
Memories of what has been and what may be.
Memories live, they breathe and have life.
Memories are fierce, and sometimes painful, but fierce can also be joyful and full of elation.
Memories are immovable, and yet they are in constant motion…. they swirl and change, but are always the same.
Memories are vibrant and clear but are also murky and misshapen.
Memories are full and crowded but are yet empty and spacious.
Memories are overwhelming in their emotion but are soothing as well.
As we move thru this Eorzea we inhabit, do you see your memories? They are here… all around us.
Eorzea is overflowing with the memories of us all… the memories we have made both together and alone.
Memories of battles…
Memories of quests…
Memories of missions…
Memories of searches…
Memories of victory and of defeat.
Memories of those who bore upon themselves the heaviest cost for Eorzea…
Yes….memories.
Memories are our greatest friends and, at times, our most formidable enemies.

I look back to the past, at the memories made with those who are no longer with us and at those made with all of you.
I look forward to the future, at the memories to be made with those I do not yet know and at those to be made with all of you.
(Noble barding please if selected...thank you)