My Familiars

I came here not knowing

What to expect

Everybody was new and thus, suspect

But the fates were on my side

Along with me came two on the same tide

Of like minds

And very kind

And we’re now going along on this prodigious ride

To our shared destiny

One, a diamond of the first water

The other, bold and strong and nothing like the former

And me, an aspiring author

Now my home away from home

They help me work with these towering tomes

And won’t ever let me slip back to being a gnome

Gathering dust out of sight

We sing together

We dance together

And we laugh together

At all our oddities

They don’t know my past

Won’t judge me this fast

I don’t have to worry about expectations

As they need no demonstrations

Me being me is all the remuneration

They need

For the first time in a long time

I’m free to be free

I’m free to be me

And I’m free to work towards my destiny