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Open Poetry #26

Caged Thief

ThunderMage
Senior Member

since 2002-06-20

Posts 812
Canada

0 posted 2003-06-08 03:21 AM

Caught by the trap,
Ensnared by the noose,
And now no sword
Can cut him loose.

In the wild,
He was one with the beasts.
He hated the castles,
Though enjoyed their feasts.

He preffered a small village
Tucked away in the trees;
And though his forest betrayed him,
He no longer flees.

He's decided that death
Might save him some gold,
And also spare him
The pain of growing old.

"What fools these guards
Who think that they've won!"
And as they attack him:
"I've only begun!"

A swipe of his dagger,
A strike of the fist,
Another quick slash
To the rope on his wrist.

Now he's off again,
His decision has changed;
The mind of a thief
Is so very strange.

What is life without poetry and adventure?
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ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2003-06-08 07:21 AM

Very interesting write...Images are there to be cultivated in the reader's mind.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

2 posted 2003-06-08 07:34 AM

Thief and fox have a similar bent
and they howl to the moon in lament
but both have been taught
that when danger is fraught
first to come to their death, then to went.

Kethry

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the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

3 posted 2003-06-08 11:23 AM

I loved the action. Defiently sound like something you would do.

Cold hands means a warm heart

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