Gary Wassner

Gary Wassner

The Demon’s Hound

So ends the path that honor pavedupon this somber ground.To be traveled once and ne’er againby ones not lost but found.A passage to the darkest place,the source of fear unbound.Measure the reason for which you come,against the risk you take,Tread…

Finders Keepers

So much you can, so much you can’t,Choose those things you must.How loud you rave, how loud you rant,We all return to dust.Do what you may along the way,Be brave, be strong, be true.‘Tis not enough, idly by to sitWhen…

Forever Still More

What if the air were pure as gold and the water to stone should turn?What if the birds were free and gay and the heavens commence to burn?What if the sun did shine so bright and the oceans doth seethe…

Who Will Remain?

Who shall choose, and who shall be Chosen?The fabric weaves, the fabric is woven.The First to come, the last to go,the rivers run from the melting snow.And all of those who deem to knowWhat purpose belies this unwholesome showAre surely…

Tomorrow

Tomorrow’s wind, a premonition,through the trees it blows.Upon its wings, fate doth travelwith the breezes, to and fro. Must we join the fray so soon?Must the sunlight fade to gloom?Must the singers change their tune?Must the darkness shroud this moon?…

The Magic Is Stirring

What was will ne’er be so again,yesterday, a faded and forgotten old friend.We cannot capture the moment,it slips so easily away,We cannot touch tomorrow,Until it becomes today.Yet, a hope can inspire…a reason to live on.Some kindling for the fireof a…

Beware, He Comes

When all that they are is all they will be,And the fires of change burn out on the sea,When the winds of tomorrow blow back yesteryear,And the past is the sum they have left to hold dear,When they dare not…

Behold

The darkness gathers on the shores of dreams,Blood red flow the rivers and the streams,Black pools of night smother the land,Mighty boulders crumble into sand,Wherefore art the gold and silver bands?Behold, a manBehold, a manA child is born, yet disappears,a…

The Quest

When darkness reaches out to light,And clashes brightly in the night,When the trees decide to grow no more,and all the Kingdoms march to war,When the sky grows dull, and the winds grow still,When the noble begin to lose their will,When…