Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I hope you are all having a lovely long weekend. Any fun trips I should be jealous of? I’m actually in NC this weekend for a family reunion (watch out: I start to drawl and y’alls start falling out of my mouth). Still, I found myself having to get this poem out (love my muse, but she’s not very patient). This is a poem about four different warriors. Any guesses on who they are? The first person to guess all four right in the comment section gets to give me a writing challenge for a new piece on this blog. Sorry, there are no cash refunds 😛
As always, I hope you enjoy and feel free to leave feedback!
Warriors
warning: slight mention of rape (but safe for work).
I.
You gave me your knot
and asked me to unravel
it. So I slashed through it.
As the world crumbled, I
destroyed it and made a new
one. You fear not my power
but my imagination,
ripping apart not your land,
but your mind’s foundations.
Why did I? Because I could.
II.
I heard your call loud with
frustration and sorrow,
begging a warrior to kill
your multiplying demon.
So I came in midnight’s
black storm, mouth
thirsty for every drop
of his violent blood. You
try to call me back,
restrain me with your
arms, but my feet burn
against the floor, only my
lover, skin calm and cold
ice, can cool my raging soul.
III.
We danced under the
moon once, you and I,
and hunted under the
moon. I couldn’t help
but love your fierce
strength, your open
smile. Yet you forced
yourself onto one of
mine, sealing your death
and my broken heart.
IV.
You stack lies high around
my feet, witch, sorcerer,
heretic. Yet I, a mere
woman heard the
whispers of God, felt
the hand of the Lord
of Hosts lift your siege.
Hold me in irons, let
the flames lick my
flesh, I am ready
to face my maker.
Any guesses on who they are? Leave your thoughts below!
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