Date: Wednesday 4th March 2005
Style: Free Verse/Rhyming Couplets
Title: Burning Bridges
Bridges on fire from shore to shore
They say no man is an island, but I'm not so sure
I'll take the risk, I'll light the match
Falling debris on their heads as they fall, here, catch!
Now listen;
I'll burn the bridges down to the foundations
Place snipers in the trees nearby
Vats of hot oil will line the cliff tops
Men will fall, burn into the river as the fish fry
I'll curse the stones down in the ravines
Teach toads to poison you on sight
Magic, traps and broken paths will enclose my land
You will not cross into it with all your might
They will give up in time and realise it's fruitless
Only foolish young men will come near on a dare
When they die, or get maimed or vanish forever
The truth of the myth will be laid bare
And those who choose to stay with me, in the village outside my fortress
Well, they shall never be allowed to leave
For, if you're in the payment of a Sorcerer
You're well aware what he has up his sleeve
I hate people, but I can't live without them
Tolerate them in small doses, but it has to be my way!
A wrong word here, an implied slight there
And they will have no tongue left for which to say!
For I am the Sorcerer
And this is my Fortress of Isolation
On my Island of Spite
Forever in separation
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