TOME

I held a book that feared no flame

Not freezing ice

Nor sodding rain

No fang or Acid

Or lightning called to blast it

Could bruise its spine thru the years lost to time

It withstood the power of a great wurms jaws

Ignored the strikes of every monster, beast & hulk with claws

None had enough strength or rage to disturb a single page

This tome is a curse

Bringing it here made life forever worse

It Ghosted a city

Enshrouded the skies

Evicted a world

Then Fouled our pearl supplies

I shoulda stopped

I shoulda quit

But I just had to know…

…what was in it.

I dared it to open 

I asked it to speak

To share some knowledge

Thats all I seeked

After much time

It was forced open

I Briefly saw a page

“This is bad..” my last words spoken

Words & Symbols,  encrusted links 

Mixtures of blood and metal

Alchemical Ink

From my finger tips

And the corners of my eyes

A red mist pooled in the air & floated by

Limbs grew weak

Eyes were heavy

No longer there…standing steadily

It wrenched my guts

And sapped my brain

No longer feeling muscle strain

My spine gave way

My mind bled thru

I left that world and now whisper to you

One by one

And two by two

More people came

To get a view

What?…Oh my yes, they all died too

By this profane book

With no authors or names

No binding clasp

No identifiable markings for claim

Just a dark outter cover acompanied by what looks like stains.

On the ground where it lies

After taking its last life

The surrounding earth turned dark

Stones became red

Each day forward it continued to spread

Now the city is empty

Locked down and forbidden

The whole provice in exile

All entrances hidden

Sharp spools of thorn wire blanket farm fields

Tall imperial block barriers stretched for miles

And an arcane wall in the center of it all

Are the landmarks of this great fall

Now the forgotten sit in silence

Waiting for a soul to create an alliance

As we watch thru the veil

At the sad end of our tale.

Our home star now vacant

All routes in now barred

So tell me… how did you get here?

I know ur lost but how’d you make it this far?