{"id":554,"date":"2012-03-27T06:28:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T10:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/?p=554"},"modified":"2012-03-27T06:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T10:30:04","slug":"story-of-a-crusader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/2012\/03\/27\/story-of-a-crusader\/","title":{"rendered":"STORY OF A CRUSADER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/tag\/david\/\">DAVID<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>By the light I go,<br \/>\nStriding to the battle.<br \/>\nMy pace quickens,<br \/>\nAs I hear the bones rattle.<\/p>\n<p>I go over a hill,<br \/>\nAnd what do I see.<br \/>\nEndless undead,<br \/>\nThe sight shocks me.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful homes,<br \/>\nRaging Flames.<br \/>\nScreaming people,<br \/>\nChild games.<\/p>\n<p>The burning homes,<br \/>\nZombies are moaning.<br \/>\nA story for tomes,<br \/>\nEven souls are roaming.<\/p>\n<p>With a stout heart,<br \/>\nI raise my blade.<br \/>\nI charge with zeal,<br \/>\nTo stop this raid!<\/p>\n<p>The first are slain,<br \/>\nIn a flash of light.<br \/>\nExorcised to a crisp,<br \/>\nRedemption glows bright.<\/p>\n<p>More take their place,<br \/>\nYet I don\u2019t waver.<br \/>\nThere are lives to save,<br \/>\nIn my holy endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>A woman and child,<br \/>\nAre saved and flee.<br \/>\nBut the undead are merciless,<br \/>\nShot them both beside me.<\/p>\n<p>I turn in anger,<br \/>\nTo face these new foes.<br \/>\nAn arrow penetrates me,<br \/>\nFired from cursed bows.<\/p>\n<p>I fall to a knee,<br \/>\nWrithing in pain.<br \/>\nThe laws of the light,<br \/>\nFailed to remain.<\/p>\n<p>I get to my feet,<br \/>\nGrabbing my side.<br \/>\nI look at my gram,<br \/>\nAnd begin my stride!<\/p>\n<p>With a stout heart,<br \/>\nI raise my blade.<br \/>\nI charge with zeal,<br \/>\nTo stop this raid!<\/p>\n<p>The archers slain,<br \/>\nOne by one.<br \/>\nThe bodies drop,<br \/>\nTill the job is done.<\/p>\n<p>I cringe in pain,<br \/>\nThe curse afflicting.<br \/>\nThe world is fading,<br \/>\nDeath is quickening.<\/p>\n<p>I attempt to heal,<br \/>\nThe blighted wound.<br \/>\nTo no avail,<br \/>\nI must be doomed.<\/p>\n<p>I move to the ground,<br \/>\nCoughing up blood.<br \/>\nA boot hits my face,<br \/>\nI land with a thud.<\/p>\n<p>A stab in the chest,<br \/>\nFrom an abomination.<br \/>\nBlue flesh and fat,<br \/>\nA terrifying Aberration.<\/p>\n<p>As I lay bleeding,<br \/>\nThe fires burn.<br \/>\nI feel I have failed,<br \/>\nDeath has taken turn.<\/p>\n<p>With the last of life,<br \/>\nI see one thing.<br \/>\nThe crusaders come,<br \/>\nOn god\u2019s wing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/tag\/david\/\">DAVID<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>By the light I go,<br \/> Striding to the battle.<br \/> My pace quickens,<br \/> As I hear the bones rattle.<\/p>\n<p>I go over a hill,<br \/> And what do I see.<br \/> Endless undead,<br \/> The sight shocks me.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful homes,<br \/> Raging Flames.<br \/> Screaming people,<br \/> Child games.<\/p>\n<p>The [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":624,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[315],"tags":[79514],"coauthors":[79475],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-david"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}