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Elicia Hurst Oct 2018
Master Blacksmith, I would like to commission a weapon most formidable. The mere mention of its legendary name shall strike fear in my foes.

{ In Hephaestus’ name, I craft you this }

So I will hone your heart,
Set fire to your lungs,
And conquer all your unanswered prayers
Into a battle roar.

I will boil these tears.  
A stinging, blinding pool at the bay of your eyes,
Use them for crystal clarity,
To sharpen the mind like a whetstone.

I will forge a sword from your fury,
And the hate of your enemies.
Temper it with thunder,
Cut a path out of illusions.

But not before this:
I crush your spirit a thousand times,
Force you to your knees.  
I will show no mercy on your soul —
Not even if you beg for it —
Bleed it, wring the daylight out of it.
To your despair, growth is the cruelest devil,
And I its most loyal advocate.

But in time you will learn Strength,
And to heal;  
Through the growing pains and screams
Mend all broken bones,
Stitch up all the open wounds.
Dripping, drilling, stilling.
You will, you will, at your will,
Lace together the miracle, the magum opus: Your undefeated self.

No comfort or ease lies in death.  
But all phoenix bathe in flame and ash.
Selves and egos, they died for you to live
— So live!
Dance on its grave with manic abandon.
Honor it with your new life.
Transcend it, over and over again.
20 Oct 2018, as a token of strength, for all my soul-crushing pain to come.
ZACK GRAM Nov 2023
Lay that Magnum fire
6 shooter
So many people
Magum Fire
Blow all at once
Guide by shield
Move by sword
Precise an on Point G clock
Lay that Magnum Fire
Field of tulip an dandelions
Smoking God Packs
Holy Pacts
Gun residue by the fingertips
Through fingerprints
Voice a whole story
That Magum Fire
For hire your sire on squire
Fire fire fire
Magnum gunpoint
Ran the wrong pockets
Dont top it
Drop this newyork best sold
Trigger hold
Fold
Magnum Fire smoking G Packs
Got my Jean Pants
Rifle range interior design
Signed
MAG

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