The hands were once taught
to wield the power of pain
to torture each and all
that defame my master’s name.
But that was in the past
when the one to command
was as cruel as anyone could be
one who wanted to rule the world
by force of lot of dark magic.
I have no guilt of the tales old,
I did exactly what I was told.
But the new master now I have
he loves to cure and heal,
him I understand not yet
when he talks of only peace.
I only know I am bound to him
and can not refuse what he asks
since am forever bound to his will
but making bread is one hard task.
The dough must be done perfect
I must now know when its baked
and the flavors for seasoning,
just like I knew the ways to pain
And I must also learn to wait
for the bread to be soft and light
like once I was taught of torture,
of darkness ruling human mind
I sure like this new life of mine
And more the man who rules me
even if I have yet to show my care
except baking as good as him.
This poem is inspired by one of the character – The “Mord Sith” in the “Sword of Truth” series am reading [ completed 5 books in last one year]
More about my fav Mord Sith – Cara
And here is a wall paper i found on internet [ did not know the book has inspired a TV series “Legend of the Seeker” ]
Inspired by Magpie Tales , March Challenge [ Day 23 – Bread , Day 24 – Magic ]
Brilliant
Thanks for the background informatinon on the source of the inspiration for the poem.
Really cool how the transition happens, and how unusual it is! Great job!
It sure is unusual .. But it shows that even the cruelest of person has a heart of gold !
ooooooh.. some killer baking going on lady!
All the luck with reading more….. 🙂
Hugs xxx
Oh I sure need lot of luck to makr time for reading !!
Beautifully written. I don’t know the story, but you arouse curiosity. Lovely, Nimue.
Every book i read uncovers a layer of the characters – some thing i can not do well in my writing. Hope i could still tell you lot more about Mord Sith !
How interesting – I like the story you’ve penned here.
Interesting contrast…
@Yogesh , charlie , Tumbleword , Contemplative : Thank you for your words !
This is one big beautiful metaphor.
Interesting, a poem after a fantasy book character. Nice story like it is and yet maintaining the lyrical quality. Nicely done. By the way, I am also into fanatast fiction. Not read Terry Goodkind yet though. Planning to sometime soon. Incidentally my latest peom is called sword of truth. I though it was an original idea. But now I seem to think the name of Terry Goodkind’s book may have been in the back of my mind.
Wow…a different one! A lot of contradictions, provoking the mind… well written
I enjoyed every word!
This quite love Lady Nimue! I love the emotion expressed by the character.
i liked this one…nice story…
You had me wondering about your background for a minute there. It turned into an interesting poem once I realized it wasn’t part of an autobiography. A great use for the prompt.
lolz ! Me and voilent .. No way !! not like this .. Mord Sith have been said to have a very painful training phase .. will some day write about it .. Am deeply touched by this character ..
Great story here!
the beast demands
gentle hands that bake bread are also trained to take life. what an irony.
incidentally, sounds like libyan leader gadhafi is a fan of these fantasy novels. the mord-sith must have been the inspiration for his amazonian guards.
Seems like you came “out of the fryinhg pan into the” oven! 🙂
splendid poem LN, beautiful.
truly enjoyed this the symbol of baking bread…a good man…the sword of truth so very nice…as it touched my heart…blessings…bkm
This makes me want to get my hands into some bread dough!