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UNSEEN LORD

To be honest...

I’m afraid.

Of losing to the rider.

Of never clearing my name.

Of never saving Sly.

And you, little bird.

I’m scared you won’t believe my story. I’m scared you’ll read these words and think them a lie, an elaborate ploy to make me seem the hero. I’m worried you’ll call me a thief, a fake, a failure.

But I am none of these things.

I am strong.

I am clever