Category: writing
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Where Angels Fear To Tread
You can’t numb this oppressive feeling of dread It’s evident as you walk upon the desecrated soil Only fools gather where angels fear to tread
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The Story of Lifa and Sverre
This tale takes place centuries ago in a Norse kingdom known as the Reach. It is a story about the seasons and how they were preserved with an act of bravery and love.
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“This Devil Won’t Cry”
By Jason Zapata I plummet from the heavens in disgrace. In this bitter moment my shame is complete, As my body strikes the unyielding concrete. The powers that be have put me in my place.
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The Siege of Orléans
By Jason Zapata The war would be decided by the siege of Orléans, An isolated French bastion along the river Loire. Sought after by John Plantagenet and his forces, English usurpers who claimed the French throne.
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Dreams Of The Savanna
By Jason Zapata “Its better to live one day as a Lion, than live one hundred years as a Sheep.” My days are spent in torment. Ever prodded by a chair and whip To jump through flaming hoops. I hear their clapping. My soul dies.
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Death And The Cowboy
She was with me when I let out my first cry And she’ll hold my hand when its time to die All men are equal in her eyes or so they say She gets closer with the passing of everyday I grew up hard and I grew up mean Shot my first man at age…
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“Into The Night”
By Jason Zapata There’s no going quietly into the night. No surrendering to inevitabilities of time Or taking shelter in memory and old age. Not when there’s still something to prove. There’s no going quietly into the night. Dignity be damned. I’ll do what must be done. I’ll fight the tireless enemy that approaches To…
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14 Years: The Chronicles of Sir Reginald the Damned
Part Six of The Lost Children of Guérande Reginald strode along a deep, slow churning stream. His eyes constantly scanned the brush and trees for the quarry he sought. The marsh was silent besides the soft squelching sound his boots made as he tread over the mud. The sun shined wanly through trees and Reginald tried…