Watch What You Ask For

I asked him to drape me in saffron robes embossed with his magic, he employed the staff of truth and strobed my sight against time I arose from sleep a maiden and now, return to slumber a warrior, my flanks were beaten in the fray and my sword lost, but as blood trickled down my forehead fear brought a gift from the ancients ~~~ I’ve cut my hair and shaved my head, a mongol armored for war and my taste buds tang I can discern blood