The
old dom lay upon his deathbed,
his
body worn and grey.
His
sons, his students and submissives gathered about him, though long had
they dreaded to see this day.
He
knew that his long journey was almost done,
and
that now then it would end
He
looked into the eyes of those he loved, and knew of no better way this
time to spend.
    
"My
sons...my students", he said to them,
"My
time is growing short".
"I
ask for no tears upon my grave...I never was that sort."
"I
need have no memorial, save what I have give unto you."
"let
not the lesson that I have taught you vanish like unto the mornings early
dew."
"For
you my brothers are Dominants.....the ones to whom they bend their knee,
With
down cast eyes and yearning souls and so brightly soaring needs.
For
the submissive woman is like unto no other, in her mind, her body or soul.
For
her the journey is rocky and harsh, but she will have no other road."
"That
road is frought with peril,
their
path at best a bitter sweet run.
A
lonely soaring searching need to find
the
truley Dominant one.
To
cast away the wanna bes, the abusers and the cruel.
To
find the one that she can serve,
and
not be seen as less when she calls
him
"Master", as she kneels in front of his stool."
"For
with that title there comes a trust, that no 'nilla can understand.
To
take her mind, her heart and soul and mold it with the Master's hand.
To
protect her against all the world, be she right or wrong.
To
love her enough to discipline her into the cold and lonely night regardless
of the cost."
"To
bring forth from her the beauty that in truth was always there, had any
the eyes with which to see.
To
show unto her the hardest truths,
how
a chain can make you free.
And
how a woman that is kneeling,
can
stand above the rest.
And
how to have the strength to offer her submission, can be the hardest test."
    
He
felt a chill pass through his heart and knew the time had come.
It
was time to leave this mortal Earth, his time alloted, run.
And
as the darkness closed in around him, for but a moment he bid it stay.
And
gasped a last quick message unto his sons, his students and his mate.
"In
leather have I lived my life, and in leather do I die.
The
leather that bonds us each unto the other....a bond as true as the summer
sky.
For
in Leather we are a family...a bond
that
none save us can break.
Dom
and sub, we stand together as one, each with a thirst for the other to
taste."
"Learn
and teach the rules my friends, and forget not the old ways, as I have
taught them unto you.
Welcome
the newbie, gather them in,
protect
them as I once did for you.
Be
their shelter against the storm that would destroy them without care or
thought.
And
from where ever I am, be it heaven or hell, I will be proud of the fruit
that
my teachings have brought."
    
With
a tug upon his arm, he could say no more, and Death did claim him that
day as it's own.
And
he cast off the old and weary flesh and looked back upon what his words
had sown.
And
he saw them standing there, tall and proud, or kneeling without shame.
Both
Dom and sub, each in their place,
and
both proud to bear the name.
He
looked into the dark clad angels face and said,
"All
is as it should be."
"The
doms will protect them unto their last breath, the subs are proud to bend
their knee.
I
have done all that I can do here,
I
see nothing left I have left undone.
The
journey now is over, the battle fought,
the
final race is run."
And
as he left this lowly Earth,
he
looked back one last time.
And
bid a silent and soft farewell to those he left behind.
And
as he turned and left them there,
he
knew with all his heart.
That
what he had created would never tarnish.....
and
never rust.
For
within each of them he had left
"The
Loving Master's Touch."
SirWolfr1
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