Pen click mimics The flick Of a drawn Knife Ready to slash And pierce Into flesh and Ink metals Ready For combat
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Death6ish
We planned out harvest In August And we knew what we Were doing Blue skies Rich soil Hills like Gold foil Yet this doesn’t feel like home To us This endless sunshine and white Clouds in the ocean blue We work with what we’ve wrought When the weather rots And clouds enrage At the prospectContinue reading “Death6ish”
We Think We’re So Valiant
Lights floating in the dark Like Chinese lanterns A varitable peace among skies Where the things shine Glints of a blade in violence Brightening the dark world As it cleaves through With easy strength Glowing heavens hellfire Glittering Glittery Glittering A hack A slash A hock A stab Aghast the darkness Tools used are Instrumental
Honorable
Two knights stood in the center of a burning village. The raid had taken place, and the defenses were overwhelmed. Somehow, when the attacking force moved on, one knight from those numbers had remained. That knight had yellow paint on his helmet. The other knight had no paint on his armor. He belonged to noContinue reading “Honorable”
Machete Conscious
Machete Conscious I want to be that blade, unaware of what pain it causes, in the hands of someone else meaning harm. I’d rather be the device used for hurt, ignorant of the bloodshed than be the hand swinging the rusted iron machete.
Stoke the Forge
Stoke the Forge Unrefined, rough, jagged scrap Set into a firebrick sand trap Atop a crucible of graphite An invader on smoldering coal light Billows depress and blast the furnace Metals rest and slags surface Sitting atop a thermite pillow Sleeping until the husk is yellow Pneumonic pressure blowing cinders Embers stoke and winter withersContinue reading “Stoke the Forge”
Longswordslinging Drills
Longswordslinging Drills Leather gauntlets on, Armor strapped down, Headpiece fastened, Sheath unbuckled. Step up. Gather back. Pivot your hands With fingers slack. Sweep across. Lunge garner. Raise to strike. Swing forward. Block with The crossguard. Jab ahead. Let your vessel flow and ebb. Arms up now. Do it again. Transfer your weight And shift yourContinue reading “Longswordslinging Drills”
Greyback
Greyback The symbols stitched on a Greyback cloak Are etched in a shield Made of dragon’s bones And donned by the titan On a field war choked Were the feathers of the birds Who lay slain bone broke
Arcing Ark Archangel
Arcing Ark Archangel Legends were told of your sort Who roamed the land long ago. Angels which rose above mountains, Scorching everyone with awe. When the demons came into This world, you were one Who was called upon To serve and garrison the ark. Legends say that they swarmed. One angel fell for every tenContinue reading “Arcing Ark Archangel”