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Drum beats sound medieval tales:
Myths of secret and of war.
This deep, smoky, rubied sound
Is the lore of passion and honor.
A Lady’s whisper to her forbidden Knight,
Scandalous. Secretly encouraged.
Her skirt swishes through the midnight halls,
As Betrothed savors chocolate raspberries.
He is deceived to her heart’s yearning.
Yet tonight, her skirt’s swaying
Catches the notice of a rat.
Sneaky rodent grovels back to Master
Who wishes now, not for fruit, but sweet blood
Cries of horror resound in musty dark,
The Knight protects his beloved!
The drum’s guttural tones ring.
They betray the call of combat.
Lady’s Knight bows to nobility’s stand.
She bravely captures the sob
Ripping and clawing at her throat.
No sign of weakness passes
Except in their dismayed stares.
Clutching her kerchief, her token, to his breast
The Knight sardonically bows once more.
He salutes Death for his only love
And takes a fighting stance.
Clashing swords, choked back tears.
The Knight swings desperately.
But weariness causes stumbling,
And Death victors over Love.
She runs to him, a kiss to save him
Denying the imminent farewell.
He smiles through tears and pain,
An attempt to banish her fear,
While Death collects His prize.
The Lady’s intended backs away
In horror, pale with utter despair.
His only Lady destroys his hope
As she weeps with the dead foe’s hand.
The tale ends thus and details the ache
That this beat brings to Love.
Never will it end as fairytale,
Never to be changed.
- Title: Drum Beat
- Artist: Aari-chan
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Description:
I wrote this poem for an english class, believe it or not. We were given those paint swatch things and we were supposed to choose a color to write a poem about. My color was a deep red called drum beat. So... here's the poem. I wrote it slightly with the epic style in mind. A poem made for the purpose of telling a story, like Greeks would have done.
I hope you like it! - Date: 07/15/2008
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Comments (7 Comments)
- Hermione_Granger_1720 - 07/17/2008
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Aww Aari!! I loved it!! Your are really good!!!
~Hermione~ - Report As Spam
- Katra Fa Toren - 07/16/2008
- T-T I think I'm going to cry.
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- julliel - 07/16/2008
- It's very reminiscent to the 'pure love' between the knight and lady as depicted in literature. Very nice and tragic. Good job.
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- Espress-u - 07/15/2008
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; w; it made my shirt wet.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ... it's so deeply sad and it positively emits passion...
You should write stories... - Report As Spam
- The French Kitty - 07/15/2008
- Wow. I really like this poem. I could really see everything happening as I read each line. The knight dying. The Lady crying. Very descriptive.
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- Wattering_Eyes - 07/15/2008
- So lovely and wonderful.The most beautiful is always tragic.Loved it!
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- B-shiro - 07/15/2008
- I love it. I really like the imagery. The rat and master bit reminded me of Wormtail and Voldemort. I like the fact there isn't a happy ending, and that it is very descriptive. I could actually visualize it.
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