Post by Irina Zhukov (school) on Jun 17, 2007 19:28:13 GMT -5
I wrote this poem a while ago for a contest on a Redwall-based roleplaying site, and as a lot of people seem to be posting their work lately I figured I might as well hop on the old bandwagon and post my own. xD
In Libris Libertas
The library's filled with legends and lore
And time's kissed their pages as suitors do lace -
My lad, why sit you unhappy today
When all the world clamors to see your fine face?
There are, after all, whole realms to explore,
Empires you've dreamed of, of which you've heard tell;
Quests for the questing and swords for the brave,
Deserts and wastelands where nobeast may dwell.
Along the old earthen path leading south
They say there's a kingdom in need of a sword -
A nation that's long suffered under the rule
Of many a cruel and unyielding horde.
They speak of a princess in lands to the east -
An innocent lass awaits your bold paw.
But countless foes stand 'twixt you and your goal,
And it may be the princess exists not at all.
Or turn your firm gaze to the west, my dear boy,
Where in a day's walk lie the uncharted plains.
Nobeast dares venture into the unknown -
Will you be the first to brave this terrain?
And what of the dragon that sleeps in the north,
Where storms rage like wars in the sky's battlefield?
March into the ice and the wind and the snow,
And put your blind trust in sword and in shield.
There's treasure aplenty in books, my dear lad,
More good it shall do you than gold ever can.
Come, sit by my side and I'll spin you a tale
And we'll neither one say when th'adventure began...
In Libris Libertas
The library's filled with legends and lore
And time's kissed their pages as suitors do lace -
My lad, why sit you unhappy today
When all the world clamors to see your fine face?
There are, after all, whole realms to explore,
Empires you've dreamed of, of which you've heard tell;
Quests for the questing and swords for the brave,
Deserts and wastelands where nobeast may dwell.
Along the old earthen path leading south
They say there's a kingdom in need of a sword -
A nation that's long suffered under the rule
Of many a cruel and unyielding horde.
They speak of a princess in lands to the east -
An innocent lass awaits your bold paw.
But countless foes stand 'twixt you and your goal,
And it may be the princess exists not at all.
Or turn your firm gaze to the west, my dear boy,
Where in a day's walk lie the uncharted plains.
Nobeast dares venture into the unknown -
Will you be the first to brave this terrain?
And what of the dragon that sleeps in the north,
Where storms rage like wars in the sky's battlefield?
March into the ice and the wind and the snow,
And put your blind trust in sword and in shield.
There's treasure aplenty in books, my dear lad,
More good it shall do you than gold ever can.
Come, sit by my side and I'll spin you a tale
And we'll neither one say when th'adventure began...
Thanks Lluvia!
