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Peace In A Fantasy World<\/strong><\/p>\n The seven ethereal forms billowed into the room .<\/p>\n Like acrid smoke driven on the breath of doom.<\/p>\n Carried on by a cold bitter breeze.<\/p>\n Like an otherworldly collection\u00a0 of eddies<\/p>\n of air carrying random spectral shapes.<\/p>\n They moved aimlessly, yet each had their place.<\/p>\n They wandered in a loose clutch that reached<\/p>\n among the still, stand mounted bears and beasts.<\/p>\n They rose up on pedestals holding books of prophecy.<\/p>\n Also, evenly displayed cases of oddities.<\/p>\n Their glass reflecting\u00a0 fire from the hearth<\/p>\n at the side of the room giving birth<\/p>\n to swirling colors in their glow.<\/p>\n All the pillars sat neatly I n a row.<\/p>\n Each ethereal form settled on a prophetic book.<\/p>\n Then dissolved into it while I looked.<\/p>\n What ancient hell controls this cursed place?<\/p>\n I wondered as sweat ran down my face.<\/p>\n Living in\u00a0 this tower of seven hells<\/p>\n was a creature Satan knows well.<\/p>\n It is said he wrote the prophecy\u2019s.<\/p>\n In a language buried for eternity.<\/p>\n He is alive, yet among the undead.<\/p>\n His blood does not flow, it is often said.<\/p>\n I must retrieve the 7 books of prophecy.<\/p>\n Return them to hell for eternity.<\/p>\n The time draws near when they will become fact.<\/p>\n The only way to stop the prophecies is to act.<\/p>\n I have the power from the white throne.<\/p>\n I hope it will protect me since I am alone.<\/p>\n I know not what the ethereal beings mean?<\/p>\n Some type of protection by the unseen?<\/p>\n I mumble a silent prayer. Touch my heart.<\/p>\n I am ready, as I was from the start.<\/p>\n I know not to touch the books in any way.<\/p>\n I elevate them with power as I pray.<\/p>\n Then the bears and other beasts begin to stir.<\/p>\n They come to life at the summons I lure.<\/p>\n I send the books flying out of the room.<\/p>\n The bears and beasts attack\u00a0 with a roar of doom.<\/p>\n I vanish right from their mists .<\/p>\n Then reappear outside the room of myths.<\/p>\n My robes are swirling around my legs.<\/p>\n I float the books into their kegs.<\/p>\n I move the kegs onto the cart.<\/p>\n Soon the tower and I am far apart.<\/p>\n I made my way back to the white throne.<\/p>\n To the one who sits there all alone.<\/p>\n He says I have done well<\/p>\n as he sends the books straight back to hell.<\/p>\n The ethereal shapes float back toward the tower.<\/p>\n They have been stripped of all their power.<\/p>\n The whole kingdom sings praises.<\/p>\n They bow in worship as the white throne raises.<\/p>\n \u201cPeace will reign forever\u201d He says, in a joyful mood.<\/p>\n As he sits high above the multitude.———–R. W. Johnson—-(2012)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peace In A Fantasy World The seven ethereal forms billowed into the room . Like acrid smoke driven on the breath of doom. Carried on by a cold bitter breeze. Like an otherworldly collection\u00a0 of eddies of air carrying random spectral shapes. They moved aimlessly, yet each had their place. They wandered in a … Continue reading Peace In A Fantasy World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,8,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-free-bird-poetry","category-medieval","category-random","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}