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Part 2 of Captive Prince Poetry
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2016-08-29
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Bells

Summary:

A poem set at the end of Kings Rising.

Day Eight of Captive Prince Week: Anything Goes

Notes:

I wrote this for part of my ninth grade English final, when I read the Captive Prince Trilogy. We were focusing on the Hero's Journey in class, and I decided to focus on Damen and Laurent's journey. This was for the step, Return with the Elixir (the last step of the journey). It's written primarily from Laurent's point of view. The first and seventh stanzas are narrative. The rest are Laurent thinking.

This poem is actually special, because it is written very similarly to my previous Captive Prince poem, titled Brother, which you can read here. I would suggest reading Brother first.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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There is cheering in the distance
There’s music in the air
No signs of the resistance
Just the acceptance of the heir

I’m much aware of what you did
That made me hate you so
But tell me Damen, what it was
What caused this love to grow?

I knew you killed my brother
Yet I put my trust in you
Though I rarely trust another
Somehow I knew you would be true

My uncle was a foolish man
He didn’t know what you would be
Only those who knew not of my plan
Would have given you to me

Your brother now has passed away
My sword strike did him in
Here together we will stay
Our reign will now begin

I’m sending word away to Vere
You’re no longer my slave
Your people’ve no need to beware
We’ll dig your brother's grave

There’s ringing in the distance
Bells tolling in the air
They tell not of the resistance
But of the rising of the heir

I remember thinking idly
Shortly before this
Do I choose Damen or my country
A kingdom - Vere, or this

Notes:

So there you go! I promised that more poetry would be up by the end of the week, although I'm posting this a day late, due to health concerns that have arisen. I'm waiting to hear back from the imaging group at the hospital so that I can get a CT scan, and hopefully things will start looking up, but it all depends on what they find. Either way, I will definitely be posting all the late entries I have, as soon as they are written!

For those of you who were anticipating the next part of The Places We've Been series, focusing on Damen and Laurent, I'm sorry to say that that will not be up today. I will definitely be uploading a piece on how Damen and Laurent and Auguste became friends eventually. It may be up in a few days, or a week, maybe a few months? I hate making promises about when I update, because I find it hard to live up to them at times.

TLDR; The next part of The Places We've Been series will not be up today, but will be coming soon! If you guys have any questions, you can either comment here, or shoot me an ask on my tumblr!

Also, feel free to request certain topics for poems, or things you'd like to see in The Places We've Been series!

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