====== In the Eye of the Wilderness ======

A filk of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovpiwEz8ecc|'Hurricane' from the musical Hamilton]].

Armand:

In the eye of the wilderness\\
There is quiet\\
Amidst the chaos\\
Consensus lies.\\

When I was twenty-one my family\\
Were summoned home,\\ 
Into a war zone,\\
We let the Council rise.\\

I fought my way out\\
Joined with the church, and struck up a calling,\\ 
I fought my way out,\\ 
Though granted, the blood and the mud were appalling\\

I journeyed into flux,\\
Sword before me,\\ 
Learned compassion - learned survival,\\ 
Learned there’s more to faith than a pre-established prayer\\
And a Founders' tale.\\

I fought my way out of hell\\
I fought so hard against the Traitor,\\ 
When I slipped between the cracks and I fell,\\
I fought against my own self-will as well,\\ 
I fought to make Acryn greater with every indignant yell,\\ 
And in the face of public humiliation,\\ 
I wrote pamphlets fostering the city’s salvation,\\ 
And when my pleas for tolerance were stifled unheard,\\
I stood by my God - I printed the word!\\

In the eye of the battlefield\\
There is quiet\\
For just a moment\\
The way is clear.\\

I was eighteen when Penelope\\ 
Left the family\\
Long ago, she might’ve talked to me;\\
I didn’t want to hear.\\ 

I fought my way out\\ 
Fought even my own hypocrisy,\\
I’ll fight my way out,\\ 
Rumours fade, and what’s left is me\\
This is the eye of the battlefield, this is the only\\
Way I can construct my legacy…\\ 

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