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By: reiki
folder Poetry › Free Verse
Rating: Adult +
Chapters: 2
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Part 2 : Draft 1

Without a Title

Part 2 : Draft 1

Jonathan Sheahan

here is the second part to my lovers greatest work of art


A million tiny pricks of pain

falling like the evening rain

few survived the final day

when the world was blown away

No chorus came to sing on high

the faithful were the first to die

this was no godly trial or test

no daemon caused this great unrest

Nothing from the loss was gained

the first to die were those who reigned

from the ashes new life spawned

and this would be her chosen dawn

A child lost in untamed wastes

no one knew the trials she faced

she had no father to hunt for food

no one to gather or chop wood

She had no mother to show the way

no guidance on her bleeding day

she had no place to call her home

many years she wandered alone

A million tiny pricks of pain

falling like the evening rain

taking parents from a child

leaving her to roam the wild

She had what some would call a gift

to open up an ethereal rift

and call on forces from the past

this was how she had survived the blast

her parents had taught her the way

soon before the awful day

when the lives where claimed by fire

to save their child their one desire

For sixteen years lost and alone

but in this time her skills would hone

in the wild she feared no fight

few would stand up to her might

But by a band of thieves she was found

while sleeping they had gaged and bound

taking her quite far away

to a place she wished not stay

A den of thieves that rose from ruin

all about lay bodies strewn

hers would not be added to the pile

her blood this place would not defile

The leader of this pack of brigands

had her put upon her knees and hands

told he her life was at stake

they knew not their fatal mistake

Slowly she was made to rise

her flesh would feed hungry mens eyes

her bare tan skin would be all they saw

before she sent them into the maw

Two would come at her with blade

a poor choice they had made

she spun and with hands still bound

called fourth the fire in the ground

As the rest saw this unclad lass

baring both her breasts and ass

cutting down their friends without harm

gave them a great sense of alarm

They fled their unholy domicile

to the nearby village ile

and spread the tale of daemon girl

whose powers could the world unfurl

All the wile the leader would remain

watching as the others are slain

the nude beauty that could cause this harm

he stood no hope so he bore no arm

Facing her in solemn defeat

kneeling at her naked feet

pleading that he stay alive

and at the moment he died

From the bounty she found clothes

but only to replace those

that were torn from herself

anything else was left on shelf

She let the place as she came

fearing she would bare the blame

of the two score men that died

from the power she supplied

A million tiny pricks of pain

falling like the evening rain

a orphan child forced to kill

and without home she wanders still

For seven days she found little food

her situation was not good

just as she could not fight the ground

she knew at last what she had found

The ruins of a city past

a city from before the blast

though walls had all been broken down

it still supported a busy town

Knowing she had nothing to trade

a meal for her would not be made

knowing that she must find work

before a meal would grace her fork

She overhead the mayor of this town

calling all to help bring down

a cult that lived upon the ridge

that guarded a sacred bridge

The bridge that lead to the east

made from bone of ancient beast

fragile relic from before the day

when the world was blown away

The cult had cut off the towns supplies

and scared off townsmen with their lies

but no man would besiege their keep

as children from hunger would weep

She know that without this task complete

there would be nothing for her to eat

so to the mayor her service she pledged

and up the path to the keep she trudged

The keep was carved from stones of red

and reeked of things long ago dead

the ancient arch that was the door

was covered in marking from ceiling to floor

Inside the light was dim at best

the only sound her heart withing her chest

and gentle humming from within

drawing her closer into the din

A circle of candles around rings of red

sat eight women with no eyes in their head

the pale sink was covered with ritual brands

a faint glow flowing from each hand

She knew the power each controlled

but her duty she knew she must uphold

she saw what should never be seen

as all of the candle flames turned green

A great force that should never live

and each of these women their soul did give

to give it great power an unmatched force

her only hope a swift divorce

The unholy marriage of eight to one

forged in a place unseen by the sun

she called forth the greatest power she could

and recoiled when the force they withstood

As flesh was torn from pale face and back

her vision was slowly fading to black

the sisters were calling their master to aid

with all her might his summoning she forbade

And just before the world turned to black

she saw the sisters fall to her attack

that evil was trapped and locked once again

she had nothing left to do but suffer the pain

A million tiny pricks of pain

falling like the evening rain

survivors fight to stay alive

‘til their final destiny arrives

poem not complete.
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