{"sf1_id":718953,"sf2_id":"A1pVKQqm","title":"Gleaming Gold","author":"ShingetsuMoon","words":381,"posted_at":"2014-06-17T00:21:00.000Z","tags":["Dragon","Fantasy","Gold Dragon","Poem","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/718953-gleaming-gold","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/A1pVKQqm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/82/ea/82ea0e0f-029b-4ac1-a98e-74e54bf07b84","description":"#15 of Poems\n\nThis poem is about the gold dragons. Their appearance is a mix of eastern and western dragons. Best known for their opulence and lust for the finest trappings they can find, they are also the keepers of history. Within their giant palaces are giant caverns filled with books and scrolls. All of history written down and copied. But they guard this knowledge jealously and rarely allow others to see it. Instead preferring to recite such knowledge orally whenever someone comes to them seeking answers. Obviously there are ulterior motives for them doing this.\nThey are also known for their ability which is known as Allure. They can coerce, manipulate, or outright force another person to do their will. Although gold dragons are rarely if ever so heavy handed. Often their influence is so subtle that in many places the thought of them even having an ability like Allure is thought to be laughable or a myth.\nAlthough not everything is known about them there is one thing every dragon knows. The gold dragons are never, ever to be trusted.\nThis poem will be in the poetry book I'm writing. Any thoughts or constructive criticism is welcome!","content":"* * *\n\nHow did gold become so  \nwicked? So evil and impure?\n\nWhat was it that tainted their   \nhearts? Made them arrogant  \nbut with such Allure?\n\nSilver remains as humble  \nas the very dust upon which  \nthey walk.\n\nWhile gleaming gold hoards  \ntreasures of abundance inside  \npalaces carved in rock.\n\nCurtains made of silk.  \nCarpets of the finest thread.  \nGreat halls filled with history  \nthat no one has ever read.\n\nSterling silver may tell  \nthe tales, but it is upon gold  \nthat they are written.\n\nAlluring giants hoarding  \nwealth and lusting with  \nambition.\n\nWho can resist charms  \nof a dragon who shines  \nlike gold?\n\nWho can ignore their   \nwhispers as they press  \nyou into their mold?\n\nAlone and isolated   \naway from all the others.  \nThey have no use for friends  \nor equals for they are unlike  \nany other.\n\nFight and scramble if you will  \nover your territories of dust.  \nGold has no need for war.  \nTheir bounty shall not fade  \nor rust.\n\nWho do you think it is?  \nThat makes history weave  \nand fold?\n\nWho is it that moves the  \nworld along?\n\nWho would be so bold?\n\nGleaming gold would be so  \nbold. They would move the  \nworld.\n\nThink what you will of your  \nambition and might, but to  \nthem you are but a pawn on  \nthe board.\n\nThey are not the hoarders of  \nknowledge or the keepers of   \nancient history.\n\nThey are the writers of the   \nfuture. They determine who  \nis and what will be.\n\nEvery king and nation laid  \nbefore them in every palace.\n\nEvery thought and every move  \nthey make. Inscribed before them  \nas if on a chalice.\n\nThey drink not wine but ambition.  \nFor they control the world.\n\nGleaming gold are the history  \nmakers and you will do as you  \nare told.\n\nThink of them what you will.  \nThey care not for you little thoughts.  \nNothing you do can stop them.  \nAll your resistance will be for naught.\n\nLook into their eyes.   \nEyes like finest gems.   \nHear the voice of eternal ages that   \nexisted long before beast or men.\n\nHear the groaning of history as  \nit comes alive again.\n\nThen tell me little mortal beast  \nif you can yet find your voice.  \nWhen you came to question me  \nwho was it that allowed you  \nthat choice?\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/715613-twisted-purity.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/736279-rage-of-the-sea.json"}}