(the second part in the angina series)
Part 1
The ripples in water danced with moons reflection,
Bid farewell to his loved one and rowed away,
The warrior to the land of mist and ice,
In search of the ice maiden, his foreseen angel
For the debacle had made him slow
The fire put out by the damp within
To frost island he steered his ship,
Mermaids accompanied him near and far
Luring him to pleasures unknown
But He had a destiny to fulfil,
Erupting a wrinkle on the witches face
Their crystal always revealed his face
He was welcomed by half mast flag,
Death in the royalty perceived he
Harbinger of doom, scorned they
For omens were always cruel to him.
Anicia,ice maiden lived alone,
Within walls of ice never penetrated,
Never opened door to one,
A task to complete, a destiny to fulfil
Determined the warrior approached
They mocked at his fruitless venture.
He raged, he pleaded,he cried,
The walls were deaf to his woes
He clobbered,he pricked ,he melted,
The walls were too thick for his deeds
Persist till you find your ray of light,
He fought for the morning sun in
The land where sun never rises.
Persisted he day and night
In the withering cold of the island
Alas the walls cracked,
Her heart skipped a beat,
She moved-first time in a lifetime
His woes ended he hoped to believe,
She agreed to train and teach,
He picked his weapons and prayed
To defeat her,to defeat the ice within..
Part 2
Always rained when they duelled
Similar skills they possessed,
a bond was made,
he became close
the witches broke a smile
as they stirred their cauldron of fate
his vulnerability had returned..
the final battle was announced , swords drawn
Swung at each other hungry for blood
the first blow,her
blood smeared the ice
not pained nor astonished she was
she was numb long ago.
Feelings were buried long back,
In the icy graveyard of emotions,
No tombstones were placed
No funerals performed
All pain and all joy lay deep down
Like corpses of a massacre
Their duel prolonged they fought hard
Her moves faster,cuts deeper
Icy heart assuredly triumphs over woven.
Suffered the pain,he felt long back
The pain radiated to arms and back
Angina,he saw her in the icy stare
No longer can he wound her
No longer can he tire her,
Her smile was his sunshine,
To resurrect her lost feelings
Into her frosted body
His mission in life thought he to be.
Witches’ teeth glared in the dark
The seeds were sown for his downfall
Deviated from destiny he bound to be
Again to be destroyed in hands of doom
As they stirred their cauldron of fate
A war was brewing inside….
Part 3
He was to lose, finally met his match
Final blow was all that was left
He exposed his chest defenceless
Her finger icicles pierced his heart
Final swing of sword was self sacrifice.
As he lay in the pool of blood
Cared for her to turn back
With moist eyes but she didn’t
Certain that she too felt the union
Unceremoniously she left him in pain
The greatest despair is shattered hope.
He crawled and creeped till the castles edge
The bitter freezing sea awaiting
No ice could numb his pain
No wind could calm his rage
Had betrayed his true love
Greatest foe is the one within
He cried out to her,his last voice
As he plummeted into sea so cold
Frozen he sunk into its depths
With so little a life left
Waiting for her to revive him..
In a land far far away
Her heart skipped a beat,
She raced-first time in a lifetime……..
By
Jidhin raj
