Stand and be counted

I am not the sort
to spend with days of depths
nor hints of sorrow

Or am I to pretend
that all that is me is made
by words that sour

Hope bids me "Nay",
but fear marks an "aye"

Arise my shield and steady my heart
the battle for Aaron nears it's start

-by the historian of the works and acts of Aaron Lee, Phineahs Gray