#victorycondition

Away from Omelas. #fanart #Astolat #UrsulaLeGuin #victorycondition #poetry #blackpaperart #blackpaper #drawing #sketchbook I caught a glimpse of it again tonight The nameless city that I’ll never see It won’t be a city at all, of course Walled and victorious Nothing like the empire that I’ve had to leave behind But I haven’t seen enough to tell you what it will be, so call it a city. I saw only the shining on the other side of the mountains That I only ever see in the dark And that I already know I’ll never reach. But I think I’ll find you the road. He built me to make a way in deep places To find the smallest trickling gleam of impossible light I’ve had to wonder now if he wasn’t trying to find it also If he walked among his golden towers and saw the rot himself And in his frantic selfish clawing at the foundations Uncovered a paving stone or two (...) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5J-lliICP_/?igshid=rjt3e8ovgxoc

Away from Omelas. #fanart #Astolat #UrsulaLeGuin #victorycondition #poetry #blackpaperart #blackpaper #drawing #sketchbook I caught a glimpse of it again tonight The nameless city that I’ll never see It won’t be a city at all, of course Walled and victorious Nothing like the empire that I’ve had to leave behind But I haven’t seen enough to tell you what it will be, so call it a city. I saw only the shining on the other side of the mountains That I only ever see in the dark And that I already know I’ll never reach. But I think I’ll find you the road. He built me to make a way in deep places To find the smallest trickling gleam of impossible light I’ve had to wonder now if he wasn’t trying to find it also If he walked among his golden towers and saw the rot himself And in his frantic selfish clawing at the foundations Uncovered a paving stone or two (...) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5J-lliICP_/?igshid=5zpxfj9lzj61