THE EPIC ESCAPE FROM THE AMAZONS

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THE EPIC ESCAPE FROM THE AMAZONS

BY HUMMING BIRD

　

　

I READ DIRECTIONS WRONG

AND I LAND ON THE LAND OF THE AMAZONS

WHO OVERTAKE THE SHIP I'M ON

AND DRAG ME BEFORE QUEEN ON THE PALACE LAWN

"YOU ARE A FOOLISH WEAK BEING

PRONE TO FAILURE AND WEEPING

MEN ARE OUR ENEMIES OR SLAVES

WHY THEN DO YOU COME THIS WAY?

SISTERS, FORCE A CONFESSION

MAKE SPORT OF HIM,

THEN HE MAY HAVE THE CHOICE

OF SLAVERY OR DESTRUCTION"

HA, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE PREPARED

WITH THE EXPRESSION OF RAGE AND NOSTRILS FLAIRED

I SHOW MY DEFIANT CHARACTER

"THIS YOU CAN EXPECT IF YOU TREAT ME THAT WAY

I WILL TAKE YOU AND YOUR AIDS

AND MAKE ALL A DISPLAY

IN A DAY OF THE DEAD PARADE

DONT TREAT ME LIKE A CRIMINAL SUSPECT

I AM NOT YOUR SUBJECT

SO YOU BETTER SHOW ME DUE RESPECT

OR FLESH WILL BE CUT

KNIVES WILL FLAY

BLOOD WILL GUSH

LIVES FADE

I AM A ONE MAN ARMY STORMING

BUT I AM ALSO JUST

AND THUS OFFER A WARNING

IF I END UP IN ANY HARM

I'LL BREAK YOUR FOREHEAD, FOREFINGER

AND FOREARM

BELEIVE ME,

YOU'LL BE A SCREAMER

WHEN I BREAK YOUR FEMUR

I 'LL HAVE YOU EMBARASSED

I CAN DO IT WAS LEISURE

SEE YOU PARISH

DYING OF CEISURES"

THE GUARDS HAD YET TO HEAR SUCH TALK

so THEIR EYES LOOKED DOWN

FEELING SHY, SHOCKED,

AND SLIGHTLY OFF

"BIG TALK DOESN'T IMPRESS AMAZON QUEENS

WE RESPECT ONLY DEEDS

guards, TAKE HIM AWAY

HIS WORDS ARE EMPTY"

HER GUARDS NO LONGER TAKEN ABACK

THEY GRAB ME AND LET OUT LAUGHS

BUT I KNOW IT WILL BE THEIR LAST

"I'M NOT ONE OF YOUR MEN

I HEAR HOW YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM

TRY THAT WITH ME

I'LL CAVE YOUR HEAD IN

I AM NO SACRIFICE DOCILE AND FATTENED

FOR THIS/ OFFENSE

YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE FLATTENED"

AND WITH THAT I TAKE OUT MY HIDDEN BLADE AND START STABBIN'

HAVE MY CAPTURES WOUNDED

BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

MY SKILLS SHINE

AS THEY FALL FROM KNIFE THRUST

AND KICKS TO THE SPINE

I SLAUGHTER HER WARRIORS IN A FLASH

AND GRAB THE QUEEN AT LAST

A MOMENT STRANGELY LIKE A SPIRITUAL EXPERIMENT

A MEANINGFUL MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

THE TOUGHT OF KILLING HER

WAS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD OR SILVER

I READY THE BLADE AND SHIV HER

PAIN DELIVER

CUT THE NECK

STAB THE LIVER

NOT FORGETING MY PROMISES ABOUT THE FOREHEAD, FOREARM

AND FOREFINGER

I STOMP TIL ALL ARE SHATTERED

SHE TRIED TO MAKE ME A SLAVE

BUT I RESIST

TAKE HER FROM MISS

TO TARGET

TO CARCESS

YES, ONCE A PERSON

I BRING HER DESTRUCTION

AND STAB HER/ TIL SHE'S A CADAVER

THE QUEEN NOW DONE FOR,

THE DEATH BLOW DEALT

I RUN FROM A CHARGING ARMY

INTO THE PALACE ITSELF

A BUILDING WELL SECURED

GUARDS ANGRY AT WHAT JUST OCCURED

AMAZONS THREATEN

AN ON THE SPOT EXECUTION

SO I RUN LIKE THE WIND

IN ALL HONESTY FRIGHTENED

I AM CHASED BY A HUNDRED AT LEAST

INTO A GREAT HALL WITH A PREPARED FEAST

RUNNING PAST SCREACHING MANSERVANTS

I LOOK FOR THE PLACE I'M BEST DEFENDED

KEEPING THE ENEMY AT A DISTANCE

BY THROWING DISHES

FINALLY CORNERED BY THE AMAZONS THERE

I ERUPT WITH A VIOLENT FLARE

CRASHING THEM AGAINST FURNITURE

BREAKING TABLE AND CHAIR

AND AS A GIFT OF FATE

FROM A TABLE LEG

A CLUB IS MADE

TO COMPLIMENT MY BLADE

LEFT AND RIGHT MY CLUB TRASHES

BASHES/ THEIR FACES

ANY CLAIM OF BEAUTY

NOW FALLACIOUS

DECEPTIVE BEAUTY HAVING

NO LEFT OVER TRACES

MY KNIFE PUNCTURES STUMACHS

AS MY STICK BREAKS RIBCAGES

WELL DESERVED FOR AMAZON B*****S!

STILL, THERE ARE TOO MANY

SO I CLIMB atop/ AND HOP from TABLE to table

TO AVOID THE ENEMY

STRESSED AND SUFFERING

I STILL AM NOT SURRENDERING

I KICK AMAZONS AS THEY CLIMB UP

I CUT MY RIVALS

COVERING THE FOOD IN BLOOD

THE DEAD CRASH DOWN INTO THE SEATS

AND AFTER HOURS OF FIGHTING

KNOCKED OUT AMZONS LIE IN HEAPS

I JUMP OFF THE TABLE

BACK INTO THE MUCH THINED RAMBLE

LOOK FOR THE ONE WITH THE LOOK OF A LEADER

AND TURN HER INTO A PEICE OF DINNER THEATER

AS SHE YELLS I PUNCH THE NOSE

ANOTHER PUNCH BREAKS ORBITAL BONES

CLOTHS SHOW RIPS

TURN RED FROM HER NOSTROL'S

BLOOD DRIPS

TOTALLY MERICILESS

I CONTINUE TO HIT

AND AS SHE DROPED DEAD

THE OTHERS BACKED OFF A BIT

ALL SAVE ONE

A RABID AND VIOLENT AMAZON

SHE HAD A SCHITZOPHRINIC BRAIN

WITH A FROTHED MOUTH AND WILD EYES

SHE WAS CLEARLY INSANE

AS THE OTHERS STAYED BACK

SHE CHARGED IN

WITH NAILS LIKE TALONS

BUT IM QUICK TOO

MEET THE CHALLENGE

I COVER THE AMAZON'S HEAD WITH A TABLE CLOTH

TWISTING

I CUT HER AIR OFF

CHOKING IT WRITHES

TERRIFIED

IT DIES

YES, I HELD ON STRONG

TIL CRIES TURNED TO WHIMPERS

I EXTINGUISH HER FLAME

STOMP THE EMBERS

I THEN CHASE DOWN AND SLAUGHTER THE OTHERS

I THINK THE TASK IS DONE

BUT AS I LOOK UP I SEE I AM WRONG

FOR ENEMIES CONTINUE TO COME

I RUN STRAIGHT AT THE LEADER OF A LEGION

KICK HER IN THE CROTCH SO HARD

HER HIP BROKEN

MADE PERMENTLY BARREN

ONE OF HER SOLDIERS

GRABS ME IN AN EMBRACE

TEETH GNAW

DEEPER AND DEEPER

THEY SAW

AS NAILS CLAW

I PUSH HER AWAY

BREAK HER JAW

BUT FIGHT AS I MAY IT'S NO USE

THE NUMBER OF WARRIORS CANNOT BE REDUCED

IN TERROR

ADRENLINE LEVELS CREST

I HIT BOTH DARK AND FAIR

BREAST

THEN FLEE FOR A PLACE TO REST

I RUN DOWN THE PALACE HALLS

TOWARD A ROOM WITH ORNATE

SCENES ON IT'S WALLS

COVERED IN GOLD AND BRIGHT PAINT

INTENT TO ESCAPE THEM ALL

INSTEAD I FIND MYSELF IN AN ERRIRY ROOM

WITH A STATUE OF ARTIMAS

AND AN ALTER OF DOOM

I SEE A FLAME IN THE CENTER OF A BLOODSTAINED FLOOR

AND BEHIND I HEAR THE CLOSING OF THE TEMPLE DOOR

AS AMAZONS YELL CHANTS OF WAR

I THEN SEE PRESENT

A LADY IN GOLDEN VESTMENT

WHO QUIETS THEM ALL

WITH A SIGN OF SILENCE

"THIS TEMPLE IS MINE

YOU ARE THE SACRIFICE

THE CAPTURED CONCUBINE

I WRESTLE AND BIND

SUBDUE ALL I FIND

I AM POWEFUL

I WILL HAVE BLOOD

I'LL DISMEMBER BY HAND/ AND

DROP THE SACRIFIC WITH A THUD."

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THIS PREISTESS

AND REMAINED DEFIANT AND FEARLESS

HOWEVER THE AMAZON ASSEMBLY

FEEL A SURGE OF HEART AND ENERGY

AND CHARGE AT THEIR ENEMY

THEY KNOCKED ME DOWN

AND SCREAMING FOR APOLOGESE

TRIED TO HAVE ME BOUND

BUT I STAB THEIR OVERIES

AND GET FREE

ONE THROWS ME ON ATRIMISE MARBLE SLAB

BUT I ROLL OFF

READY MY BLADE, AND STAB

CUT INTO SOFT SKIN

HAVE AMAZON WOMEN

FAT AND SLENDER

RENDERED

UGLY, DISFIGURED

I HAVE THEM MAIMED

NEXT TO THEIR GODDESS FLAME

IN A STATE OF MADNESS

I TURN TO THE PREISTESS

"SO MUCH HYPE!

BUT HOW MUCH WILL THERE BE

WHEN I REMOVE YOUR WINDPIPE?"

AND WITH THAT

MY KNIFE LIKE A SWORD

SEVERED HER VOCAL CHORD

I THEN THROW THE PREISTESS ON THE ALTER

AND WHAT'S MORE

I PISS INTO THE FLAME OF HER GODDESS

BASH THE IDOL

HAVE THE FIRE EXSTINGUISHED

AND WITH NO HOPE OF PEACE

I PEE ON THE STAUTE OF ARTIMIS

THE TEMPLES FINEST ART PEICE

I TAKE A MOMENT TO BREATHe

HEAD TOWARD AN OPEN SIDE DOOR

AND LEAVE

I AM BLINDED BY LIGHT IN AN OPEN COURTYARD

THEN CHARGE DOWN A SERIES OF ROADS

COVERED IN SWEAT AND BREATHING HARD

NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO

MANY A VIGEANETTE GANG

AMBUSH FROM THE ALLEYS

ATTACK ME IN HOPES OF MAKING A NAME

AS PER GANGSTER FORMALITY

BUT FATE FAILS TO FULFILL THAT END

WHEN MY KNIFE PLUNGES IN

PUNCTURES SKIN

HAVING SHIRTS COLORED BY BLOODSTREAMS

THE AIR PUNCTUATED BY SCREAMS

BREATHLESS PLEAS AND DYING DREAMS

HOLDing A WARM KNIFE

WARM FROM INSIDES

FROM TAKING A LIFE

MY BLADE FLIES

HOPE DENIED

SILENCING THEIR LIES

EVEN AS I MAKE LIKE A ONE MAN RAGNORAK

THEY AMAZONS EVENTUALLY CORODINATE

AND HAVE ME SURROUNDED

ALL MEANS OF ESCAPE CUT OFF

"LOOK AT US SMILE

WE HAVE YOU TRAPT

WE'RE WILD

WE WANT A BLOOD BATH

YOUR SORT IS A SLAVE CLASS

THE PERFECT VICTIM

LET'S HAVE A LAUGH

DON'T TRY TO FIGHT BACK

YOU SHOULD KNOW

WHY YOU CAN'T

WE ARE THE MASTERS OF BOW AND BATTLEAXE

AND WILL KILL YOU IN A FLASH."

WHO DID THEY THINK THEY WERE KIDDING?

"NO, I WON'T TAKE YOUR NIT PICKING

IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP

I WON'T STOP HITTING"

BLOODCRAZED AND PROUD

I CARELESSLY BOUND

INTO THE CROWD

COLD AND BRASH

AMAZON'S ARE THRASHED

I KNOCK THEM DOWN

GIVE ROAD RASH

FROM STREET IMPACT

I AM CONFRONTED BY ONE

BUT DESPITE THE ARMOR SHE BROUGHT

ONE PUNCH HAD HER ROCKED

MADE HER FALL

AND CHIP HER TOOTH ON THE BLOCK

HER SISTERS FALL BACK,

AND THUS UNDFENDED

I VIOLENTLY ATTACK

WITH MY WOODEN IMPLEMENT

I BASH HER AGAINST THE ASHPHALT

AND AS A RESULT

HER WOUNDS ARE PROFUSE

HER HEAD RATTLED

HER TOOTH LOOSE

SEEING ONE NEAR DEATH TWO RE-ENTER THE STRUGGLE

AND RECEIVE VIOLENT BLOWS

KNUCKLES

TO THE TEETH

TO THE TEMPLES

PUNCHING SO HARD THEY LOOSE THEIR BREATH

I BEAT THEM DOWN

TIL NO STRENGTH'S LEFT

"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT

OR YOU'LL INSIGHT/ A FIGHT

ILL KNOCK YOU OUT WITH THE LEFT

KILL YOU WITH THE RIGHT

STAB YOU WITH A KNIFE

ONE WRONG STEP

AND IT'S YOUR LIFE

I ALWAYS WIN/ WHEN

I TAKE ON YOUR LEGIONS

HAVE YOUR NUMBERS TRIMMED

THEN PROCCEED TO KILL THE REST OF YOU

LEAVING THE DEAD ON THE BATTLE FEILD

WITHOUT THE HONOR OF THE PYRE OR TOMB

I FIGHT YOUR ELITE

THEY MEET DEFEAT

AND I SUCCEED

HAVE THEIR DREAMS CRUSHED

ONE PLUS?

THEIR TEETH NO LONGER HAVE TO BE BRUSHED

ALSO, WHEN DOGS EAT YOUR DEAD

WHO WILL NEED TO MOURN

WHEN I LEAVE ALL AMAZON MULTILATED

THEIR BODIES TORN?"

ANGRY WITH A FACE THAT'S RED

I FACE ONE THAT'S PROUD

BEAK MY CLUB OVER HER HEAD

THROW HER DEAD BODY INTO THE CROWD

AS THE RED SEA BEFORE MOSES

THEY GIVE WAY AND DEVIDE

SO I TOSS MY BROKEN CLUB ASIDE

AND CARRYING MY GLEEMING KNIFE

RUN INTO THE NIGHT

I RUN TIL THE WORLD IS IN MOON LITE ERRINESS

RUN IN THE SHADOWS AND THROUGH THORN BUSHES

TO DISTANCE MYSELF FROM MY PURSUERS

AND TO AVOID AMBUSHES

I FIND A SAFE VANTAGE POINT

AND SEE MY SHIP ENGULFED IN FLAME

A SIGHT TO DISSAPOINT

BUT THE TRUTH ALL THE SAME

IF I WANTED TO CARRY THIS LIFE INTO FUTURE YEARS

NOW WAS NOT THE TIME FOR TEARS

AS I LAY BACK AND THINK

I SEE A SHADOWY FIGURE SLINK

NOT ONE FOR SECOND GUESSES

I STAB INTO THIS DARK PRESCENCE

THE AMAZON WAS APPARENTLY UNAWARE

THAT SHE WAS NEAR

AN ESCAPED PROSONER

AND THUS A LOOK OF SHOCK FILLS HER FACE

AND SCREAMS OF TERROR FILL THE AIR

CRYING/ CURSING/ BLOOD SPURTING

IN A STATE OF HURTING

I GRAB HER BY THE HAIR

SAWED THROUGH HER LARENX

I KEEP A DREADFUL STARE

AS SHE, BEHEADED, PERISHED

LOOKING ON IS A TERRIFIED VISITOR

I SEE I'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER

AND THOUGH ID RATHER NOT BE BOTHERED

I FIGHT WELL

PERFORM

MY STRIKES SWARM

BREAK BONES, SPILL BRAINS

DEFORM FRAME

MAKE HER REMAINS

SHOW POWER AND CONTROL

ONCE A HUMAN

I TAKE HER SOUL

A DEAD BODY

I POUND/ MAKING A CRACKING SOUND

LOUDLY/ YELLING

DON'T STOP WITH A KILLING

FLESH TURNED TO SAUSAGE

CHILLING CARNAGE

I TARE MEAT FROM THE BONES

SUCH MY HATRED FOR THE SLOWN

BUT EVENTUALLY I STOP MY VIOLENCE

AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT DANGER HIDE IN THE SILENCE

LOOKING UP I SEE A DISTANT FIGURE

AN ONLOOKER

I CHASE HER

CLOCK HER

AND DROP HER

I HOP AND DANCE

AS I HIT HER WITH A TREE BRANCH

BLOW AFTER BLOW

DELIVERED IN A TRANCE

HEAD BOUNCING, HER EYES GROW BLURRY

FROM THE VIOLENT FLURRY

DELIVERED WITH HATE/RAGE/FURRY

HER DEATH IS HURRIED

I KICK HER

LIFT HER

THROW HER OFF THE CLIFF

FROM HER WEIGHT THE ROCKS SHIFT

GRAVITY NOT DEFIED

ROCKS HIDE

HER BODY

WITH A ROCK SLIDE

I STAND ABOVE THIS SCENE

ABOUT TO LOSE MY INSIDES

WAS IT JOYOUS OR OBSCENE?

I COULDN'T DECIDE

HEAD SWIRLING

STUMACH TURNING

HEART POUNDING

HEAVY BREATHING

AND EMOTIONS BURNING

I LOOKS UP

AND SEE MORE COMING

I AM NOT UP TO THIS ONE MAN WAR

SO I HEAD TOWARD SHORE

UNSURE OF WHAT MAY COME MY WAY

HOPING I WON'T MEET MORE

I CHARGE THROUGH THICK JUNGLE BRUSH

DOWN HILLS THAT ARE STEEP

LEAVE MY FOOTING TO HOPE AND TRUST

RUNNING AT A FERIOUS SPEED

TIL MUDDY AND FLUSHED

I FINALLY MAKE IT TO THE SEA

HERE IN MIST LIKE THICK PINENEETLE SMOKE

I SEE MY ONE SHOT AT HOPE

A SIGHT TO SAVE MY SOUL

A LONE AMAZON SHIP ON PARTROL

WITH THE ENEMY BEHIND ME GATHERED

IF I WAS TO PURSUE THIS OPPROTUNITY

IT WAS NOW OR NEVER

FINALLY THE DECISION IS MADE

AND I WALK INTO THE OCEAN'S ANGRY WAVES

THEY ORDER ME BACK

BUT I WON'T OBEY

I CRASH INTO THEIR GREAT HEIGHT

TIL I SWIM INTO THE WATER THAT'S DEEP

AND THE WAVES ARE PLEASANT AND SLIGHT

AS I MAKE MY WAY TO THE CRAFT

MIST ALLOWS FOR STEALTH

I PLAN TO KILL ALL I CAN

BEFORE THEY CAN CALL FOR HELP

I BOARD THE BOAT

GRAB THE FIRST AMAZON I SEE

SLICE HER THROAT

THE ONE BESIDE HER DIDN'T HEAR MY FEET

AND BEFORE SHE CAN TURN AROUND AND SEE

I BREAK HER NEAK WITH BREAK NECK SPEED

I LOOK TO CAPITALIZE ON MY LUCK

WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE

I'M SUDDENLY STRUCK

AND MY TEAR DUCT

IS FILLED WITH BLOOD

"SISTERS SISTERS SISTERS!

THE MAN HAS ARRIVED

WHO IS THE WORSE ADVERSARY OF OUR TRIBE

THE ONE WHO DEGRADED OUR GODDESS

BEING UNCULTURED AND GODLESS

AND COMMITED THE HORRIBLE MASSACRE

OF OUR FELLOW AMAZON'S AT DINNER"

ANGRY AT THE UNEXPECTED NOSEBLEED

I REACT STRONGLY TO THE WORDS OF MY ENEMY

"DON'T DERIDE MY NAME!

I ENDED EVERY VICTIMS PAIN

BY MERCIFULLY HAVING THEM SLAIN

NOW TO THE MATTER AT HAND

IF YOU TRY AN ATTACK

I'LL BREAK YOUR BACK

I'LL TAKE YOUR ALL

MY ALL? YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT

SO STOP MOUTHING OFF!

I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

I CAN GIVE AN EDUCATION

IN BRUISED SKIN

AND SUFFICATION

BRINGING YOU TO UTTER RUIN

DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

DON'T ATTACK ME

IT'S THAT SIMPLE

OR THERE WILL BE SO MUCH CARNAGE

BLOOD WILL RIPPLE"

APPARENTLY HAVING NO LOVE FOR RHETORIC

SHE PUNCHED MY FACE

AND KICKED MY STUMACH

HER MOOD WAS VICIOUS

HER AIM PERFECT

BRAINDEAD AND DIZZY

IN SLACKJAWED MISERY

I GET AN ADRENILINE RUSH

FROM FEELING THE BLOOD GUSH

AND MY FIST WANTS TO GET BACK IN TOUCH

SO AS SHE SENDS VIOLENCE MY WAY

I COUNTER

DUCK AND DODGE

REACTING WITH POWER

TEETH ARE DISLODGED

I YELL "SURPRISE!"

STAB HER EYES

HEADBUTT AND BITE

EVEN AfTER THE AMAZON IS OUT OF FIGHT

EYES SWOLLEN SHUT

HER LIPS BUST

SLAP FACE

STAB RIBS AND GUT

FOR THOSE/ A BROKEN NOSE

FOR THESE/ SHE BLEEDS

FOR THAT/ A SMACK

PUMMEL HER

HUMBLE HER

MAKE HER SURRENED

THEN LAUGHING

PROCEED TO A SLAUGHTER

MY RAGE IS PURE

I SLICE HER GIZZARD

HER HEAD SEVERED

BLOOD GUSHS

IN RIVERS

REACTING TO THE SCENE

TO THE DEATH OF THE AMAZON DREAM

THE LOYAL HOARDS

OF MARINERS ON BOARD

CHARGE FORWARD

MY BODY IS SLASHED AND BEAT

MY KNEES BUCKLE BENEATH

AND AT FIRST IT'S STRUGGLE

THEN I KICKED INTO GEAR

BEAT THE RAMBLE

LEAVE A BLOODSMEAR

LIKE A TORNADO MY RAGE DESCENDS

IN WHAT MUST BE NOT MY SECOND

BUT MY TWENTY SECOND WIND

CAUSING CONCUSIONS

CREATING CORPSES

IN AN ALL NIGHT

PROLONGED FIGHT

ROW AFTER ROW

I DEFEAT

PUNCHING OUT ROWS

OF TEETH

VULTURES AND CROWS

FLY OVER THE CORPSE HEAP

AND I SMILE UP FROM BENEATH

SATISTFIED IN VICTORY

AFTER MURDERING THE CREW

I GATHER ROPE

AND PUT THE LAST AMAZON'S HEAD IN THE LOOP

I THROW HER OVER BOARD

AND HER WEIGHT TIGHTENS THE NOOSE

AMIST THE MAGLED DEAD WITH BROKEN BONES

I HEAR A GROAN

FROM BELOW

"YOU FOOL, SHOW RESPECT

OR I'LL SLICE YOUR NECK

DON'T BEG

DON'T MAKE BETS

JUST SURRENDER

OR IT'S YOUR HEAD!"

"I'M NOT ONE OF THE AMAZON'S YOU ARE AFTER

I'M A STOWAY PASSENGER

A MAN WISHING TO STAY CLOSE TO HIS LOVER

AND NOW A SERVENT TO A FOREIGN CAPTURE."

"AH, YOU I CAN TRUST

THERE'S NO SLAVE DRIVER HERE,

JUST FREEMEN LIKE US

AS FOR THE NEWS YOU DREAD

IF YOUR LOVE WAS ON THIS SHIP

THEN SHE IS DEAD

I ALLOWED NO WITNESS

I KILLED THEM ALL

AFTER BEATING THEM SENSLESS"

THE MAN FELL INTO A DEEP SILENCE

BUT ACCEPTED THE SITUATION AND REMAINED QUIET

MAKING NOT ATTEMPT TO FIGHT

AN INDICATION OF A LIFE LIVED IN OBEIDIENCE

AFTER THE HARDSHIP OF THE ISLAND

SEEING A FELLOW HEARTBROKEN

LEFT ME SADDENED

AND SEEING AN AMAZON COULD BE LOVED

MY MORAL CERTAINTY WAS INTERNALLY QUESTIONED

SO I ATTEMPTED A CONVERSATION

TO STOP MY THOUGHTS FROM GOING IN THAT DIRECTION

"COME ON LAST SURVIVOR

DON'T BE A STRANGER

SURE, YOU'RE TYPE IS FLAMBOYANT

BUT WITH THOSE CHAINS

YOU'RE NOT BUOYANT

COME ON SISSY BOY

DON'T BE A DISSAPOINTMENT

YOU, MAN BORN IN ENSLAVEMENT

WILL I EVER CONVINCE YOUR FELLOWS

TO FIGHT THE AMAZON GOVERNMENT?"

"NO, WE THINK OUR SITUATION IS FATED

WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO BE INDEPENDANT

WE ONLY WISH OUR WOMAN LOVED US MORE

PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY WHEN THEY GO OFF TO WAR

AND DREAD THE NEWS OF THEIR DEATH

OR BECOMING ENSLAVED W****S."

HEARING HIS WORD I PAUSED

IT HAD NEVER ENTERED MY MIND

THAT FREEDOM MAY NOT

BE A UNIVERSAL CAUSE

"IF YOU DON'T WISH TO BE FREED

IS THERE ANY REASON TO KEEP YOU WITH ME

OR SHOULD I GIVE YOU THE CHANCE OF SWIMING BACK

AND TOSS YOU INTO THE SEA?"

"MY LOVE IS LOST

ALONG WITH MY NATIONAL PRIDE

YOU'RE MY NEW BOSS

I'VE NO MORE TIES

TO MY NATIVE TRIBE"

"THAT TRIBE WASN'T YOURS

IT BELONGED TO THE WARRIORS

YOUR TRUE TRIBE IS HERE AT SEA

IN TIGHT-KNITE COMPANY

I'LL HAVE YOUR BACK IN A FIGHT

AND OF THE TREASURE THAT COMES OUR WAY

HALF WILL BE YOURS BY RIGHT"

HE SAT AND PONDERED

AND AFTER SOME TIME

THIS WAS THE RESPONSE HE OFFERED

"I CAN'T BE A FREIND

BUT I ADMIT TO YOUR BEING MASTER

I DON'T SHARE YOUR ENDS

BUT I'LL ACCEPT ANY RESULTING TREASURE

I PROMISE TO FOLLOW YOU FROM THIS DAY

AND SHARE IN GLORY OR SORROW

COME WHAT MAY

FROM ANY FORAY

OR FRIGHTNING MELEE"

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

Author's Note

Listen to your heart, if you can understand the language of it's beat.