I am powerless

One in a million they say

To be born without

A speck of magic flowing in me

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I... I was powerless

Before the war

I still can't remember

Her last words

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I was alone

I had no where to go

So I joined the fight

Someone who could hold a sword

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They came after us

We moved,

 Place to place

Never stopping long.

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There was a women

In my squad

I think she called her self

Aisha.

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One day, we were speaking

The building shook

Someone shouted

It came crumbling down.

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Trapped underneath stone blocks

I knew I would die.

Aisha, she looked me in the eye

The two of us, trapped in rubble

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I remember her saying something

That I have now forgotten

But she touched my hand

It felt like fire

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When I woke, all was dark. 

I pulled myself out under the block

I knew I should be broken

Maimed, injured

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But somehow that day

I lived

I was one of the few

Who survived

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I remember stumbling out on the street

Walking to a diner

The women their took a look at me

The gave me some soup.

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'You have a story to tell'

I simply nodded

They seemed to understand

And set me on my way.

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I don't remember how I found out

Perhaps it was...

 When I first was asked

What my power was.

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You see, being powerless 

So rare, so uncommon

They'd often test us to make sure

We weren't lying, you see.

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But that first time

After the tower crumbled

After Aisha touched my face

After everything

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When they took my blood 

They told me something different

I was a Drainer

Someone who can borrow talents

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I don't know how it happened

But this magic saved my life

For the king

He was corrupt

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Who killed the rebels

Who destroyed my home

I walked to the palace one night

I remember, it was snowing

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The guards stood no chance

Without their magic

No one did

Not against me

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And so I walked into the room

And I remember, out of the corner of my eye

I thought I saw a glowing figure

Watching me

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And I killed the king

And life returned

And we were safe...

But, well

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I remember a time without magic

And now it flows though my veins

I often wonder

What happened to me...