IVORY

I V O R Y

At the centre of your heart is a bold white star

All but fire will perish here

The final resting place of all mankind

This ivory core, is where we will come to die.

Will you find us there sleeping?

In our version of events, we never ruled the world

We sat atop a pillar of lies

No voice echoing up to its height

This ivory tower, is where we will come to die.

Will you find us there sleeping?

At the deepest depth of our own insanity

Pretty ships are torn apart

Their sails float upwards, dreaming

This ivory ocean, is where we will come to die.

Will you find us there sleeping?


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Don't See Sinister Please.

Running Spy

Four high halls,

A wondering eye.

Seven breaths later,

She left me to die.

Revenge

You wronged me.

And now you lay there cold and breathless,

Because if you wrong me-

I leave you cold and breathless.

A sickly frail sneaking,

Murder on the stairs, a short half sketch,

Across alabaster skin drawing lines of fire.

Our hands hold justice, a blade of ice.

Because if you wrong us,

We leave you cold and breathless.

Blame

Battle a dance, a clash of tides,

Thundered in smoke a wise man hides,

Run boy run, his screams made pain,

The boy looked back, the boy was slain.

Confusion

I saw the earth made diamond,

A cloud at the bottom of the door,

There are feet running circles on the pavement,

There's a body, hanging from the floor.

I saw a horse pulled backwards,

I saw a dagger in the law,

There are five small hearts on this harp string,

There's a body, hanging from the floor.

I saw the bed sheets darken,

Past the window, a shadow on the moor,

There's a man sat laughing underneath me,

My body, hanging from the floor.

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I wrote these yesterday, they're not the best but they were fun, it was a nice change. I don't do much poetry and I never have a craving to write it, so this was an unexpected twist to my day *haha* - I am not as morbid as they may sound, today I am actually quite happy! I have started reading Warbreaker and I must say, it is devilishly intriguing. The magic system really annoyed me at first because it was so alien and I just couldn't get my head around it... BUT! I think that this is a good thing, it's how I'd react if I was introduced to a real magic system - if one were to exist. 

Also, my initial inability to accept it only proves to me that it is an original concept, if I understood it straight away and recognised its rules and conventions then it would mean that I had, in some form, seen it previously. I have to say, this seems to be the case with a lot of high fantasy novels I have read, their magic systems have been done and it gets boring. Warbreaker has brought something new and I'm really enjoying it. The review won't be up tomorrow but I will definitely have it finished by Wednesday - I've been busy what with all the Christmas madness! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!