I used to sleep in hay filled corners
Cowering down in fear and pain
And could only dream of desired greatness
But now the world is my domain
Now the fear that once i felt and loathed
Is drowned in blood as red as wine
And all my fears are vanquished away
And all of the world is mine
From meek beginings i come to greatness
From shadowed corners to bright fame
And all through the world, in every land
All know and speak my name
It is for this that the price is paid
For this that I have fought and bled
And though all my hopes are now realized
All of my dreams are Dead
"The Peace of the Avalayna is broken
The fear of the people laid bare
The unity of the rogues is a token
Of the Rising of Draca's heir"
In these words of madness,
In haste scrawled in blood upon the wall
I declare my intent to forsake the light
And into the shadow I fall
So let the horns of war be sounded
And let red satin stain water and mud
And Let all the world decend into chaos
For such is the price of dragonblood
Analexii (Cassidy R. Scaglione)
Author notes
I decided to be "Kait Drake" a character from my very own little story book! I don't really have a picture of him, but the link to the book is: http://www.amazon.ca/Journeys-Clarianicca-Dragon-Cassidy-Scaglione/dp/1425102808/ref=sr_1_4/702-1058097-0845626?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173989797&sr=8-4
basically he's a 13 year old kid who's abused by his father, then, when his mother dies, goes all postal on everyone's ass and allies himself with a Rogue Dragon (A dragon as crazy as he is as a result of the death of his rider) and anyways, eventually a whole bunch of stuff happens, yada yada yada, and he winds up being the lord of the rogues, and the first human bean to survive the transformation from human to dragonblood in however many thousands of years: insert battle, death, gore, and kick-ass fire breathing lizards that fly, the end.
A contest entry
- becoming another (in a literary sense) by nanashiamai.
600 points, ended March 23, 2007, 5 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Interesting
THe author notes explained most of the poem it was to complexive for me to understand. But, now I do It based on your book, I'll have to check it out.
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awesome
i was hoping to get a few entries like this, where i'd be introduced to original characters. they always fascinate me. this poem was especially intriguing because of your masterful use of rhyme. although freeverse is what one commonly encounters in "no prewrites allowed" contests, you have mastered your rhyme scheme, and not only that, but have brought your readers into the character you are describing. thanks for the description as well; it was very helpful in understanding you poem.
this is a lovely submission, and i wish you the best.
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aww, thanks! Actually the whole Rhyme thing comes to me relatively easy (you need only look at my older poems to see how UTTERLY OBSESSED i am with rhyme, rhythm and the like... or the comments i've made on other peoples poems... or my contests. lol) I actually have a more difficult time writing free verse than i do rhymed work. Go figure. and a harder time appreciating free verse... though i suppose i'm getting a better hang of it lately (I actually allowed free verse in my latest contest... go me! I'm a recovering rhyme addict) Anyhoo, thanks for giving me such a lengthly comment on my poem - and for putting up with such a lengthly reply from me. I'm glad you enjoyed my inner "Kait Drake"
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