Melody of Strife

Just a creative writing piece I did today while inspired by a P.O.D. song lyric. I don't know why the modern christian rap lyrics inspired this particular work as it is far removed from modern and from any rap norms, but it did. Since I am so low on post counts this year I thought, why not. (^_^)

"Ravaged are these lands in which we live, but it was not always so. Their was a time when these streets contained nothing more than laughter and potential for those who walked them. Then came a great King from lands past the horizon. This King stood before the people as a watchtower stands before blades of grass. He offered so much through wisdom far removed from these lands and a blessing of blessings. He offered a home we have not seen and a peace we have scarecly known.

Time has passed now and all has changed since His arrival into our lands. Though this mighty King has proven to be our song of salvation, strife is the melody to which we sway. Stuggleing against the tribes and wanderers who press agaisnt the borders of these lands, threatening to overtake us. Those who carry the darkness with them did not give us cause for alarm before His arrival. It is for Him they attack us and it is for Him that we resist their onslaught. As a moth to a lamp they come in waves from the darkness, but unlike a moth they do not come to bask in its warmth. They come to extinguish the light that now illuminates matters which once sat in shadow and they come for the downfall of our precious King who dwells in the heart of our lands.

And so these lands are wiped clean at its edges over and over, much as a beach where the tide moves to and fro leaving a smooth nothing in its wake. We try to build and we loose it soon after. Such is our Kings plan, to hold fast through the these dark times despite how weak and hopeless it may seem through these peasant eyes. He has spoken of a day when His armies will come from the crest of the highlands where the clouds meet the mountains and wipe the darkness from our lands with both sword and fire...one day, but not this day. To the birds far up in the sky it would seem peacefull, perhaps even in harmony. However, to look at my lands from within it's confines is to view the battle from the edge of the knife. Quick, graceful, and chaotic.

Though it may seem that this King has brought such a harsh life into our lands, causeing us to struggle and to sacrifice our peace, let it be known that with this war has come hope, wisdom, and above all love. The peoples of these lands have united under our King. We have grown as a new nation under His rule. Forged by heat and hammer into something we couldn not realize on our own. Bless this King who has come for His people for He has been a blessing to the lands which He now inhabits."

Hints: It's an outward view of an inward land. A land connected to the old world lifestyle that I am used to gaming in. Most things represent something else, but some things are very up front.