{"sf1_id":690169,"sf2_id":"Rm0o2wLe","title":"Gates of Osmium Iridium","author":"ShingetsuMoon","words":436,"posted_at":"2014-04-07T23:32:00.000Z","tags":["Dragons","Kingdom","Legend","Poem","Poetry","empire","mythical"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/690169-gates-of-osmium-iridium","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm0o2wLe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/67/90/6790aad5-c62e-4c50-b26d-789d7d47c898","description":"#7 of National Poetry Writing Month\n\nThis poem for National Poetry Month is also about dragons! While these dragons will not be directly featured in my book, Reign of Ice, they might be mentioned in passing. However, I do plan to incorporate them into the series farther down the line. It's just too good of an idea to pass up. They have been known by many names throughout history as has their kingdom, but most commonly they are known as Iron Knights.\nThese dragons are in the same category as the White Wraith I wrote a poem about yesterday. I still need a name for them both and the select other dragons like them. Supreme Dragons is the only thing coming to mind at the moment but I'd like something better.","content":"* * *\n\nHanging at the edge of the world  \ndeep within mountains that touch  \nthe heavens. Colossus of stone that  \nhave existed since the founding of  \nthe known world.\n\nA place long since forsaken by  \neven the most remote of civilizations.  \nWhere even the greatest of myths  \nand legends do not dare to tread.\n\nA place of unparallelled magnificence  \nforgotten and abandoned to those who  \nthink it only a myth. A mighty fable  \nupon which the tales of hero's were built.\n\nHere at the top of the world in towering  \nmountains few even know exist are the  \nGates of Osmium Iridium.\n\nHere lie sacred halls abandoned and  \nwithout even a whisper to break the silence.\n\nMighty thrones carved from stone lie  \nwaiting with eternal patience for their  \nruler to arrive from his rest.\n\nMighty statues guard hallways and  \nlibraries that would take several  \nlifetimes to explore to their end.\n\nSoaring wings that bore the weight of  \nmountains once touched the heavens  \nhere at the Gates of Osmium Iridium.\n\nA roar that could shatter the earth once  \nshook the halls. Charging footsteps  \nmade the land tremble worse then  \nthe fiercest of earthquakes.\n\nFangs of steel and tongues of silver  \nonce spoke words of wisdom to the world  \nand a kingdom of iron warriors once  \nruled the land with claws that could  \nshatter diamonds beneath their grasp.\n\nHere at the Gates of Osmium Iridium  \nhistory holds its breath waiting  \nuntil the time when it will turn again  \nand write itself into the present.\n\nFor here in these long forgotten halls  \nnothing lays abandoned at all.\n\nTread carefully under the gaze of  \nthe iron knights whose statues  \nguard every corner of this sacred  \nand legendary place.\n\nFor the statues have ears and  \nthey are always listening.\n\nThey have wings that will shatter  \nthe earth and carry mountains  \nthrough the heavens.\n\nThey have claws to shatter  \ndiamonds and fangs that crush  \nsteel into powder.\n\nThey have hearts of metal beating  \nin patient rhythm as they await  \nthe time when they will be called  \ninto action once again.\n\nThey have bones of titanium and  \nlaugh at the weakness of mortals.\n\nThe Gates of Osmium Iridium are  \nnot abandoned and the mightiest  \nkingdom world has ever known has  \nnot died at all.\n\nTheirs is the empire that shaped the  \nworld and the dragons who reign  \nhere sit as still as statues carved  \nof stone until their time to act  \ncomes once again.\n\nAnd when these mighty dragons  \nof old stir themselves their words  \nwill turn the past into the present  \nand the future will ride on scales  \nmade of osmium iridium.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"National Poetry Writing Month","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/689607-white-wraith.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/690631-hopeless-acceptance.json"}}