Opalescent lady of the mist,
You stand in peace, fore’er with your soulmate.
But why so still? What do you contemplate?
Heroine of Gods, do you resist
The urge to take up arms and fight amidst
The others of your kind in battles great?
It’s hard to see why now, you stand sedate
And still, contented simply to exist.
Then I look into your ancient eyes,
And sense the weight of years, the warrior’s gaze.
I see one epic War, your glory days—
Our battles are not yours, I realize.
Great numbers of your kind now soar in space,
But none like you, the white star of your race.
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This is a Petrarchan sonnet about Ashaxei, the white dragon of Han-Tolneth. I originally wrote this as part of some denizen riddles I'm doing for a House contest. It didn't really seem fair to give them a denizen they can't ever see, though (Ashaxei and Han-Tolneth are in Parthen Gare).
I haven't decided if I'll submit this to Bardics on its own or not. I suspect it wouldn't win anything, so maybe I'll include it with the riddles when they're done. So far, riddles are the only things that have won me anything  . Maybe I'll post my old ones later. |
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If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?", I will reply "This." and kill the advisor.
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unbeingdead isn't beingalive .... e.e. cummings
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unbeingdead isn't beingalive .... e.e. cummings
And don't tell me to get dragon, bashing is like..... my worst nightmare
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unbeingdead isn't beingalive .... e.e. cummings
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