The Arena, A Poem Options

[mALX]

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The Arena Gladiator

The roar of the crowds kept me on my feet,
but I swayed and darkness hedged my vision.
Blood streamed in my eyes, I could not see.
One more wound, one more minute...I might be done,
when the match ends there can only be one.

The hilt of my sword was slippery and wet,
Sweat mixed with blood dripped on my hand.
My opponent should be just as injured, and yet
another blow on me he was able to land;
and without much trouble managed to stand.

Weakness overwhelming, sapping strength;
The blade in my hand too heavy to lift.
He had moved in close, barely an arm's length.
My parry was sloppy, I thrust and missed.
His slid through my belly with an icy hiss.

His eyes apologized as he twisted the blade,
I was too numb by then to feel the pain.
He thrust upwards, waiting for the sound to be made
that would tell him my lung was beginning to drain.
When he didn't hear it he thrust up again.

I heard it then, my lung tore with a "pop."
The blood coming out was bubbling with air.
Inside me I wanted to beg him to stop.
It was too late now, and I just didn't dare.
I felt my eyes freezing into a glassy stare.

My knees hit the ground first with a thud,
my bowels spilling out in a nasty pile.
Then my face plowed straight into the mud
I think I still breathed for a little while.
Then I heard the voice of Clavicus Vile

When I joined the Arena I always knew
that this day would eventually come.
When you enter those gates what they say is true,
Only one will go home when the day is done...
Today was the day that I wasn't the one.

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This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 26 2011, 12:57 AM

[Winter Wolf]

Wow, first the epic (as usual, of course) poem from our great Foxy and then a cool battle ballad from Acadian. Ha, ha !! Anything is possible at Chorrol.

mALX, half the reason I have been quiet later is that I am playing too much Beth. I have a new +5 build Dunmer that is doing the MG recommendation and I am also pushing my 21st level sniper character through the quests in FO3 that I never completed before. All DLC done except for MZ. Never did buy it.

I cant wait for Fallout Vegas. It will be awesome.
I shall keep an eye out for Acadian. I am sure he will be in the background somewhere!!

My poem -

A SAD DEMISE

The lightning cuts a jagged edge
across the leaden sky
A lonely man stands atop a ramp
waiting for his chance to die.

The wind buffets him against a pylon
and whips up his hair
The crowd roars behind him
a reminder that no one cares.

The world slowly spins
within the circus of his mind
A glazed eye now looks
at the world he has left behind.

But the honest man's feelings
are soon swept beneath the page
A sad hopeless tale
to be told be another sage.

And so he steps to the edge
to kiss goodbye the day
And like a true warrior
he faces whatever may.