POEM STARTER
Submitted by MBK
“Then suddenly… it’s over.”
Write a poem which ends with this line.
The Traitor
TW
I was trapped in sharp vines all around me. I couldn’t move one but. Blood was everywhere, everyone looked weak. But I couldn’t give the gems at all. They are to important to lose, we don’t need the end of the world or the destruction of what happened in the future.
During everything going on, calix came up, I had a guess of what he wanted. He wanted the gems.
“What do you want?” Trying to stay calm but it’s hard to stay calm when someone you trusted has lost your trust and became a traitor to the group he was in.
“You know what I want, please give me the gems lamnoria. Please give them to me” he wasn’t mad it looked like but he was clearly upset. I couldn’t read his face but his voice is wanting something he couldn’t have. But it sounds to calm. To calm to be calix. But it is, him standing in front of me.
“I can’t give you the gems calix. You know I can’t! Why do you need them so bad? Why can’t you see I care!” I was starting get angry at this guy. Not because I couldn’t give him the gems but because I can see you never once thought what his actions did.
“Since when did you ever care about me!” Never once have I seen calix like this. He seems voulnarble but yet he is arrogant to see the lines.
“Since fucking forever calix. I cared about you since forever, since the day you offered a place in the clan, since the day you helped me, I cared for you.” Tears were starting to come out but I can’t control that.
“Lamnoria, please just give me the gems.” Darkness crept up his face. His voice getting deeper, I know I can’t do this anymore. The guy I once knew gave up, he gave up sooner than expected. I can’t save him so why try?
“Fine, but please remember.” I gave him the gems. I gave the traitor calix the gems. The gems I promised to keep. Maybe I am not meant for this. I want to die. But while handing calix the gems I put a nightshade flower from my hair on top of them. To help him remember or to have him kill himself when he realizes his mistakes or to not die a petty death but the custodians of the flames.
Calix took the gems from my hands. His hand trembling while taking them but still enough where the others cant see. He takes them but flower and says nothing and shoves the nightshade in his pocket. He goes over and hands over the gems being satisfied but not.
(Sometime later…)
The light giy the comes up to me.
“You pathetic little nymph, you had feelings for calix didnt you? Well no matter, I’ll just kill you now! How fun will that be? You get to die a pathetic death!!” He seemed to overjoyed by this incident. I can’t help it.
“If I am going to die let me die by the traitor.” I look over at calix i see him shake and it makes me a bit proud but also sad that it had to come to this. “Let me die by the traitor calix.” I finish.
“Ooooo a trun an events!! I’ll grant you request!” Perfect now this is a show for all.
Calix then comes over with his sicmitar in his hands, shaking, looking like he doesn’t want to do this. He looks back at the fire and fire gives a thumbs up. Calix seems to regret his choices of everything, but he gives in. And plunges his sicmitar into my chest. The vines fade away around me.
“Thank you calix.” While I fall in front of him and blackness in my eyes. Then suddenly, as it all started, it was over.