Chapter 9 - Fool - 20/11/2023

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Dark, dark, mark!

Snow, snow, shroud!

Wet, wet, soaked

Cold, cold, chilled

Never depart

During a cataclysm of the hursh

The boy overwhelmed by the storm

While his legs falter

Through the groping shadows of the snow

That render his vision blind

How will he endure?

As night descends, a cloak of hush

And the cold gnaws deep into the soul

There lies a yearning, a fervent desire

That you, a warming flame, shall never tire

Even if draped in ebony

And championing only demise

The wind has pacified

Yet the cold persists

This juncture he seizes to break through

The cleft bestowed by nature

He sprints

Without slipping

Strives to advance

While flowers, they shall not be marred

And the axe and valor

The strength to retain

Yet persist when

The wind commands

Ascending, he commences to climb

To where he beheld the gateway

Portals to yours, he shall reach,

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The door swung and for the first time, in a long time

A visitor of previous unseen land

Is in our village or maybe it is big enough to be called a town

He is not and ordinary man

Not from the mountains

Not from the fields

Young face

Trained body

With scars and axe to be his jewellery engraved in deep!

And also, the naive look of the sucker indeed!

If I had a choice, I would never greet him

But money is money, everything for money!

"Welcome, I see you are not from around here or anywhere nearby?"

How may I help you boy?"

"No, thanks you mister...?"

"You can only call med mister or sir is also alright"

I always feel so old when they say so to me

When I started this hotel

I was a kid and knew nothing

But now my days of the youth have passed

And don't have this fire anymore

"I am the owner of this hotel

You can stay by us, until you will be returning to your home

I don't want to be intrusive boy, but I think the stormy weather will force you to spend the night with us at least today"

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