Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal
...Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal
Part One- (Years Before Troy)
Achilles* woke, his slain foes calling out his name
hearing merciless woes, his sharpen sword they blame
looking at the he...
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Categories:
phlegethon, courage, fantasy, hero, history,
Form: Rhyme
Bring Me To Darkness
...I sink, and drown in all my sorrows
Bring me to darkness where I can forget.
Grant me that privilege, let me burrow
My final resting place, my final bed.
Forget, life, every word I ever said.
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Categories:
phlegethon, dark, death, emotions, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Battle of Life and Death
...After a solid decade of what can only be described as the worst of luck.
I've grown accustomed to living a life of pain and misery.
Fearful of this new uncertainty, again left helpless and unaware
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Categories:
phlegethon, allegory, allusion, bereavement, death,
Form: Prose Poetry
Divine Comedy Translation Hell Canto Xiv
...Because the charity of my native place
Obliged me, the broken branches I the picked up
Them giving back him, who was to debase.
Then we finally reached where had to leap
From the second turn to thir...
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Categories:
phlegethon, fantasy, , cute,
Form: Terza Rima