An awful crown one’s been adorned. With flower crimson and stem of thorns. This glaring fixture facing fears. Sweating blood and dripping tears. Does man know nothing else? But to succumb to what he’s felt? Surely not. We command ourselves. To obey others or our own principles. Fate belongs to those who seize it. Not…
Category: Fantasy
A Lament for Bellona
A secluded warrior waits and watches. It’s not his prey he’s stalking, But his love for whom he’s patient. A dozen times he’s nearly fainted. Keeping his distance, Out on a mission, With an ear to the wind he listens. Nose breathing feeling for scents. On edge and relaxed ready to leap. Should he take…
Bonfire
Rest easy solemn knight. The dawn will meet you surely As the moon has kept you Lit by the sun’s transgressing light. Lay down bare to the earth And meet her gently. Relinquish all apprehension And accept your unbirth. Pass softly off the edge And it may catch you. But resist your demise And into…
Gwyndolin’s Lament
Gwyndolin, son of Gwyn, mourns at the alter of his begotten father, the once righteous King in an age of fire. May I atone for this cataclysm; This deception of an entire kingdom? My family fled from frightful evil While I toiled with lunar zeal. Depravity was our natural state, But thanks to the power…
The Duke’s Archives
Well above the royal city of Anor Londo rests this palace in it’s own respects; domain of Seeth. Therein rests ten thousand editions Of fantastic tales and scientific instructions. A man was drawn mad by his own misguided obsession. He desired beyond reason an unrealistic transition. He could speak bone chilling parables and create crystalline…
