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  • Ever Never Over, Ever Never Begun

    It seems like just yesterday, Yet feels like eternity. Even the frozen landscape Will mar its own beauty When static too long. Yet still we weep At the first patch ...

    1 min read
  • Temporal Shadows (Prologue)

    Adrianna, though only an Initiate at the Mages’ Circle, was in the fight for her life. Her opponent stood halfway across the cave, obscured by a burning field of energy ...

    3 min read
  • Rapunzel

    When did the storm clouds become so ominous? No; I know that life-altering day. A better question is why. Does she control your life now? Am I to be discarded ...

    1 min read
  • Sisters

    The younger, Shadowed by the elder's light; The older, Answering the peoples' plight. Glows palely, Burns brightly; The moon comforts, The sun burns me. --------------------------------- A random litt

    1 min read
  • Blinded By The Night

    The moon shines black upon the earth, The forest filters starlight to death, And the mountains filled with mirth, Echo with the planet's breath. Rustle of the leaves, Wind through ...

    1 min read
  • Confused

    Poor, lost, little, boy; Child without his blanket, Child without a single toy. Hiding from the hostile world, Hidden within his shell, Telling himself, As life around him swirled, "Surely ...

    1 min read
  • Eclipse

    A dark cloud eclipses my heart The turmoil and pain, a warm sea I cannot find the sun.

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  • Requiem for the Living

    Night engulfs the frozen land, Clouds hide starlight's icy band; Ocean tides swell, flooding hope, Struggling survivors struggle to cope, Only to sink in depthless sand. Life seems to be ...

    1 min read
  • Requiem For The Living (Version 2)

    Night engulfs the frozen land, Clouds hide starlight's icy band; Ocean tides swell, flooding hope, Struggling survivors struggle to cope, Only to sink in depthless sand. Time freezes in the ...

    2 min read
  • Healing

    I write this poem from my heart With which I've learned to never depart I write this poem of my heart With whom I hope to never part Where once ...

    1 min read
  • La Fleur

    Beautiful flower, Glowing with life, Pulsing with joy; Struck by an icy wind, The flower withers and dies. Killed by winter's frost, Only battered seed remains. Life, living solely due ...

    2 min read
  • Abyss of Dawn -- Prologue

    Adrianna, though only an Initiate at the Mages’ Circle, realized she was near the fight for her life. Her opponent stood halfway across the cave, obscured by a burning field ...

    4 min read
  • Abyss of Dawn--Chapter One

    Chapter One (6 days earlier) King Orlin rode his horse quickly through the Pass of Shades in the Moore Mountains. He used a less often traveled path and needed to ...

    16 min read
  • Scattered, Shattered, and Whole

    I'm sorry I hurt you, But I don't regret it. I feel like a fool, But know I'm just torn; I feel like I've broken Wordless oaths sworn To myself, ...

    1 min read
  • Titleless

    When moon shines bright And stars are bright And all seems right, Even then there is wrong. The birds sing songs And life is full of songs And the heart ...

    1 min read
  • Maelstrom

    Deep within me lives a demon Seen within my shallow face; Waiting for my guard to drop she surges forth, steals a base. Deadly to say the least, Painful to ...

    1 min read
  • The Swimming Eagle

    I dream a dream where dreams have dreams And dreamers never die-- Where suns and moons and nights and noons All share the same deep sky; Where fish can walk ...

    1 min read
  • Fallen

    Little girl you've wandered so far... Lost the light of your guiding star, Found the light of another star-- A morning star-- Too bad it's not in the sky And ...

    1 min read
  • Fallen

    Little girl, you've wandered so far... Lost the light of your guiding star, Blinded by darkness, tearing your eyes. Nobody hears your desperate cries As you stumble into the night. ...

    1 min read
  • What Summer Tastes Like

    A lurching heartbeat Throb, the sweet memories, Sweet grass flying through the air Like green dandilion seeds And lighting in our hair. Fire and water Matches, zippo, sticks By the ...

    1 min read


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