Cause, the stroke of fate unseen,
At times serene, at times obscene.
The seed of stories yet untold,
A silent force both fierce and bold.

Effect, the shadow born in time,
Oft deemed cruel, yet sometimes prime.
The destined end of all begun,
A thorn-clad rose, both lost and won.

When first the sky was stretched so wide,
And earth did tremble, side by side,
The law unspoken came to be,
Cause and Effect in unity.

Cause without Effect is mute,
Effect without Cause bears no root.
Bound together, never apart,
The universe held in a single heart.

Cause and Effect, the sentinels true,
The start and the end in a tale we construe.
At times they shatter, at times they create,
Carving out fate with a hand left to wait.

Cause and Effect, a law so bright,
Shaped by will yet lacking sight.
Driven by power, consumed by desire,
Awaiting the end through trial by fire.

Penned by my hand on the 23rd of Daedalan, in the year 968 AF.