{"sf1_id":243905,"sf2_id":"rn6YLEzm","title":"Protective","author":"Ramah","words":165,"posted_at":"2011-04-26T08:18:00.000Z","tags":["Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/243905-protective","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn6YLEzm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/82/b4/82b447fe-cbeb-489d-b41b-980cdff41bf8","description":"","content":"Took a break during a paper for some food and this popped into my head.\u0026nbsp; I don't put much stock into free verse poetry, so anything I make may be a bit choppy from either a lack of time or a lack of effort on word choice, but will always fall into some sort structure made for poetry before the Post-Modern free verse stuff.\u0026nbsp; Like it or hate it, it is all up to your reading of my 10 minutes of thought.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;If whether it is lust or greed,\n\n\u0026nbsp;Men given in to want or need,\n\nTheir Calls to Gods, to Kings, to Lands\n\nby Lending swords, or lending hands.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe Aspects of Protection live\n\nto stop a take before a give.\n\nWhether they're loyal or defect,\n\nThey'll kill a cause to stop effect.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo to the ones to try to snatch\n\nBe wary of the shadow cast\n\nA dragon's weight is hard to match\n\nyour frightened gasp could be your last.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}