A flash out of darkness
and so does her blade fall
painting all around her red
Above her a leaf drifts to rest
on her shoulder
light as her feet on which she runs
She looks up and sees
a tree of amber
changing clothes for winter
from green to brown
It's but a slow death
almost in mockery
of the swift killings she delivers
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A poem tribute for the ninja Akali, a champion from the video game League of Legends. I have no idea what I was trying to do, but it was 3:15am and I was struggling to write for a character that I really wanted to. Instead of prose as I so desired, I turned off that limitation and started focusing on vomiting out whatever came to mind. Such freestyle writing, I discovered, can result in rather unexpected things!
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PoetryThis is merely a collection of poetry that I decided to start. It contains works I've completed and will be added to as the year progresses. I wanted to see if I could write a poem a week, which will be especially interesting considering my fluctuat...
