{"sf1_id":133461,"sf2_id":"Rm09wvRn","title":"Undying Fire","author":"Brett","words":284,"posted_at":"2010-03-22T21:02:00.000Z","tags":["Dark","Gargoyles","Haunted","Introduction","Magic","Moody","Poetry","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/133461-undying-fire","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm09wvRn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/49/88/4988be27-49c6-4cb3-94ce-ff380af6d3c0","description":"","content":"This is the first serious poem i ever wrote.\u0026nbsp; Originally for school, i was very serious about doing a good job.\u0026nbsp; I had been reading The Best of James Herriot, and he mentions the Saltersgate Inn in Yorkshire, whose fireplace is reputedly haunted and said to have been burning continuously for about 200 years.\u0026nbsp; Good poem material.\u0026nbsp; I sat down and listened to the first minute or so of \"Journeys in the Dark\" from an orchestral Lord of the Rings Suite over and over again for inspiration.\u0026nbsp; I wrote it all in one shot.\u0026nbsp; It was published in A Celebration of Young Poets- West Fall 2005.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Rights remain with me of course, no plagiarizing!\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n**\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Undying Fire**\n\n**\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; By Brett**\n\nIn a deep dark room with an ancient fire\n\nThat smokes and burns like a funeral pyre,\n\nBy misty wood and clovered lane\n\nThe gargoyles watch with eyes aflame.\n\nA bastion of warmth in the purple moor\n\nThe bronzen wolf keeps guard the door.\n\nLike witches cluster cauldrons black\n\nIts thatched broom propped at its back.\n\nPewter plates reflect the blaze\n\nWhile just below the goblins gaze.\n\nAnd in this fire a darkness bleeds\n\nIt burns and moves and twists and breathes.\n\nIt lives in every cavern deep\n\nAnd mountain old, and castle keep.\n\nThe hearths of kings have whispered tales\n\nTo the sentry fires on wilderness trails.\n\nThe tales have returned to where they had been\n\nTo the fireplace of a roadside inn.\n\nBy the misty woods and the clovered lane\n\nWhere the gargoyles watch with eyes aflame.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nPlease, please comment!\u0026nbsp; Rate! Question, inquire or message me (some of the imagery might not make sense) i would be glad to answer them!\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}