Yup....truley random thinking on the Shivans. Dunno why I wanted to write it down, but ended up I just did. It's wierd, for sure, but it represents the enigma that they present to me.
Who are the great destroyers,
and where do they come from?
This mystery is one upon which I ponder;
upon which my mind will not rest.
They plague my thoughts,
my every waking moment;
they huant my dreams,
like shadows in the fog.
I see them gather there, in the corner of my eye;
as they gather with the answer to my questions;
yet when I turn around to face them;
I see only more questions, and a lure that takes me further.
I scour across the texts,
of Gods and Goddesses,
of soldiers, great heroes,
Demons and villians abound.
Yet they offer me no clue;
they offer me no respite.
They give me the connections,
the individual pieces to this great puzzle,
Yet they do not give me a picture;
they do not give me an answer.
They only give me a damning answer;
leading me around in circles forever.
The Great Destroyers call upon me with their mystery;
and I beg them for an answer;
but still they remain silent, their only action to lure me on;
as they disappear back into the thick fog.
Who is the Great Destroyer?
Is it the silent witness or the mysterious leader?
This mystery is one upon which I ponder;
upon which my mind refuses to rest.
The leader's actions perplex me;
driving my mind into fits;
his actions reek of hatred and pure evil;
yet his story proves his sheer love of humanity.
The leaders call him a rebel, one to be viled and feared;
yet his knowledge and purpose torment us;
forming in our minds the question of who is right;
and of who is the real foe here.
The witness' story confounds me;
a long tale of a single pilot;
it is one of tragedy and regret;
of lives lost, heroes dying, and the crumbling of civilization.
Yet this story is far, far worse than that of the leader's;
but it is not the tales of woe and of destruction;
that torments me in my dreams;
it is the purpose behind that destruction.
The purpose that hides from my sight;
that refuses to reveal itself in my research;
I know it exists, for I can feel it;
and I can see the trail it leaves behind.
But following the trail leads me to dead ends;
in which the answer is nowhere to be seen;
and yet I can hear it's laughter,
as it denies me closure and an end to the story.
Instead, it leads me on an eternal chase;
one that brings me many wonders, much knowledge;
but never the peace or the final picture I seek;
never the final answer to their enigma.
The story instead brings me full circle;
to the great destroyers; of their actions and deeds;
of the ever-damning question of their motives and purpose;
and of the ever-damning silence that is their answer.
Who are the first Destroyers?
Why were they chosen to be executed?
Such a mystery is another headache,
and the answers I see could just be fake.
In this galaxy they had been born;
and in this galaxy their empire had been made;
yet they wanted ever more;
and within subspace they found their true fate.
When the fate came for them, however;
they did only fight it with great ferver;
ignoring it's true calling, it's true face;
they thought they could beat it, for it was just another race.
Yet soon they did reel back;
faced with an opponent that they could not defeat;
and soon their Empire vanished into the winds of fate;
and along with it, their civilization, their glory and their planet.
The Ancients had left a legacy of death;
another tale of tragedy for history;
Yet the leader's statements suggested more;
that in fate at least, the Ancients were not alone.
Such a clue, such a piece;
it is tantalizing, alluring to me;
it offers me answers, one that seem to fit;
yet when they do, they form no picture in the end.
Such mysteries allure me,
driving me forwards;
driving me onwards;
and giving me will to continue.
I will find out who are the great destroyers;
and the purpose that drives them and that guides them;
I will find what happened to the mysterious leader;
and of what happened to the ancient race.
This is the truth that will lay my mind to rest, and bring the story to a conclusion;
and will reveal the destroyers from their dark fog;
Even if the search takes me beyond death;
this is one answer that I shall find, or damned shall be my eternal rest.
