Yesterday, when I was young

Yesterday, when I was young,
the taste of life was sweet like rain upon my tongue.
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,
the way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame.

The thousand dreams I dreamed,
the splendid things I planned
I always built alas on weak and shifting sand.
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
and only now I see how the years ran away.

Yesterday, when I was young,
so many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
so many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
and so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.

I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
I never stopped to think what life was all about
and every conversation I can now recall
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.

Yesterday, the moon was blue
and every crazy day brought something new to do.
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.

The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died.
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
and only I am left on stage to end the play.

There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
The time has come for me to pay
for yesterday when I was young.

Ahh...the joys of MUDding

a jet-black furred male mrem (Ratepe) has arrived.
Ratepe is forced to leave to the east.
You are fighting to kill in this fight.
You evade a huge fire-breathing rabbit's bash, causing it to fall flat on its face.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit is in excellent condition. ********

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
a huge fire-breathing rabbit's wrath misses you.
You dodge a huge fire-breathing rabbit's attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit parries your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
Your stab mauls a huge fire-breathing rabbit. [11]
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
Loxpht is forced to leave to the east.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
a huge fire-breathing rabbit's wrath misses you.
You parry a huge fire-breathing rabbit's attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit parries your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

You say in mremish 'whoa!'
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
You dodge a huge fire-breathing rabbit's attack.
You dodge a huge fire-breathing rabbit's attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit parries your attack.
Your stab scratches a huge fire-breathing rabbit. [1]
Your stab scratches a huge fire-breathing rabbit. [2]
Your stab scratches a huge fire-breathing rabbit. [2]
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp> cackle
You cackle gleefully.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
a huge fire-breathing rabbit's wrath misses you.
You parry a huge fire-breathing rabbit's attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit dodges your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit parries your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit parries your attack.
a huge fire-breathing rabbit has a few scratches. *******

[none 6:05am mremish 3840g 40s 142/142hp 16/71m 381mv 780xp>
a huge fire-breathing rabbit breathes a cone of hot fire over you!
Your eyes tear up from smoke...you can't see a thing!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
A potion of healing bubbles and boils!
Something blackens and crisps!
Something blackens and crisps!
Something blackens and crisps!
Something blackens and crisps!
A potion of flying bubbles and boils!
Someone's blast of flame TERMINATES you! [774]
You have been KILLED!!
The crowd cheers as a creature finds its death.
You have lost 1100 xp.
You have lost a sublevel!
Luckily you have not suffered serious injury.

The Characters
Kat - Young, innocent female mrem. In her first relationship with..
Zith - The object of Kat's affections, also apparantly in love with Kat. Friends with...
Lox - Cassonova extradinaire, who hooked himself and Zith with...
The Whores of Byranth - Ameneko and Andrea

Scene 1 - The Confession
Zith confesses to Kat about a 'swim' he had in the public baths with Lox and the Whores of Byranth.
Kat : 'I didn't think it was anything more than innocent. But the way Zith and Lox kept talking in drow about how to collaborate each other's story made me wary. I knew then, it was not an innocent 'bath' they shared. I calmly asked for the names of the Whores. For I am but an innocent kitten, what do I know of the Whores? Then Zith muttered their names.'
Kat blinks once. But once and leaves the room. She does not wish to hear anymore. Swiftly she searches out the Whores.
Kat : 'Why do I need to kill them? Perhaps to teach them..Definately to teach them. Females have a code, too. I know, I know...but seriously. If I were to let them get away with it...if I were to let them... I do not care. No one touches my mrem and gets away with it. No one..I have to kill them.'

Scene 2 - The Murder of the Whores of Byranth
Like a mrem possessed, Kat walks into the Tavern and asks for Ameneko. Someone actually points her out to Kat.
Kat : 'Like a blunt sword plunged into my stomach, I see with my eyes, Ameneko. A female mrem, nubile and tiger-like. I can see why she would seduce my Zith. I can see them now...in the bath, touching each other, stroking with their tails..argh. DIE!'
Kat murders Ameneko with a single backstab.
Kat : 'I didn't stop to think..I didn't stop to consider. I have Ameneko. Now, I will kill Andrea. Zith and Lox tried to reason with me. But even then, they spoke amongst themselves in drow, thinking I did not understand. The audacity of the Whores! Andrea now stands in front of me, smirking and laughing. What is she doing now? She is giving my Zith a bellyrub, in front of me! In front of the still warm body of her companion Whore!! Die. Andrea. Die..'
Kat murders Andrea with a single backstab.
Kat : 'Suddenly, I feel as if someone has removed a red coloured veil that covered my eyes. Everything seems clearer to me. Everyone seems to be talking in slow motion, I can understand every word. Something moved beside me. What is that? Why is that woman crying? And why is Lox grinning at me like that. Oh Zith..my love, Zith. I am happy I still have you.'