Vestiges

The Lakota Sioux believe that the measure of a warrior’s life is best measured

by the number of those who mourn his death.

The only definition of the world is his, and those who disagree are ridiculed and bullied,

as he pushes them out of his life.

He closes every door and burns every bridge behind him, not because he can,
but because the past is of no use to him.

His is the first portion allotted, as he callously sullies the rest.

He manipulates and uses everything and everyone for his personal gain, all while his seared conscience refuses to calculate the cost of his touch.

He alone defines his world.

Every compliment comes with a price, just as every touch leaves a scar.

The Lakota Sioux believe that the measure of a warrior’s life is best measured by the number of those who mourn his death. 

The un-mourned warrior is said to have lived a life of ashes.

Having systematically used and discarded everyone he met on his life’s journey,

his death will leave but the tiniest ripple upon the living sea of humanity.