Monday, November 14, 2016

Backfire (9/25/10)

A contraption unbalanced, its purpose deceiver,
Pulley'd, Lever'd, Fulcrum tipped to fever,

Of hate and fear, the pressure rising,
Until shrill whistles scream from heat and metal colliding.

Commitments abandoned, faiths ignored,
A rage unfettered by friendships or gore.

A camp raped of peace and safety,
They are blinded to all but their self-enforced destiny.

If only the dark irony could pierce their hardened hearts,
That they become what they hate through these miss-thrown darts.

Rage becomes the master, and they its slaves,
Whether one or both die, no one is saved.

                                                  -Joonie Steamdrops
                                                     Gnomish Priestess of Tymora

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