Crowned in Victory

[dragonqueen]

She walks in triumph.

The day has been won,

She has cut down the devil's spawn.

 

But her victory is bittersweet.

For but a few walk beside her

And many friends do not stir.

 

The field is soaked in crimson blood.

Comrades' and foes' alike,

Felled by a fatal strike.

 

Angels from the heavens come.

They place the crown upon her brow;

With a place in heaven she is endowed.

 

She raises her face to the heavens.

Crowned is she in victory and in sadness,

In triumph and in madness.

[Cyril Darkcloud]

Always, ever always,

the fallen are many

and victory whether

hard–won and costly

or rapid and cheap

finds that footing

most reliant and sure

which stands upon defeat.

And banners unfurled

in the hands of the living

sing out a kingdom made firm

on the backs of the beaten

and the hearts of the fallen.

 

 

A song simply stated and sung well. Nicely done.

Thanks for a fun read.

 

Good luck with your application, Dragonqueen.

[Wyvern]

Dragonqueen stretches and yawns as she wanders back towards the door of the Recruiter's Office from a short bathroom break, admiring the many paintings of writers and plaques of quotations that litter the walls of the Pen. The eager applicant comes to an abrupt halt as she suddenly notices X-Sabre wandering down the hall with the seven Elder dwarves of the Pen, and attentitively watches the group as they make their way towards the Cabaret Room. The happy expression on X-Sabre's face could only mean one thing... that he had been accepted! Quickly brightening and turning towards the direction of the door once again, the excited applicant immediatly dashes to the Office as fast as her legs can carry her and barges through the open entrance, exclaiming:

 

"Mr. Wyvern! You've arrived! Is my application acce-"

 

Dragonqueen stops in mid-sentence as she suddenly notices that the overgrown lizard is laying motionless on the ground.

 

"Mr. Wyvern...?"

 

Approaching the reptilian Elder cautiously, the eager applicant taps his innert form gently with the tip of her right toe.

 

"Hmmm..."

 

Concluding that the lizard is out cold due to his lack of a response, dragonqueen quietly curses under her breath and searches for some method to wake the almost dragon. Noticing a bell resting on the mess of paperwork crowded on Wyvern's desk, the applicant heads over to it and rings it a few times while exclaiming:

 

"Wyvern, rise and shine!"

 

Still no response from the lizard.

 

Frowning and scratching her chin, the applicant turns towards the office window on the lefthand side of the room. Taking a small mirror out of her purse and setting it up so that the Sun reflects directly into Wyvern's face, the applicant murmers:

 

"Mr. Wyvern, the Sun is shining..."

 

Much to her dismay, there is still no response. In addition, the manner in which the light is reflected accidentally causes a heat ray that sets the immobile lizard's nose on fire. Gasping in a horrified manner, dragonqueen quickly puts the flame out by stomping on it, only to find that Wyvern still hasn't awoken after she's done so.

 

Sulking and about to give up on the concept of ever awakening the overgrown lizard, dragonqueen turns to walk towards the exit of the office only to accidentally drop a single geld piece from her purse as she puts her mirror back. The sound of the piece of gold hitting the ground immediatly revives Wyvern, who miraculously jumps to life and dives for the piece of wealth. After a moment of intensive examining, the greedy reptile stuffs the coin into his pocket and turns to dragonqueen. Bowing to the applicant dizzily and apologizing many time over for his lateness, he then proceeds to stamp dragonqueen's application ACCEPTED.

 

;-)

 

OOC: On a more serious note: a very good poem, dragonqueen, and certainly an ACCEPTED application. Welcome to the Mighty Pen! I apologize for the extreme lateness of my response, and fully deserve the burnt nose I recieved! *Shakes a fist at his past examinations* I'm looking forward to reading more of your poetry and prose, as well as participating with you in group events. Once again, welcome!