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B2MeM Challenge:B10
Occupations: Scribe

Format:Poem
Genre:Poetry
Rating:PG
Warnings:none
Characters:I know who I would say it is, but I'll let you decide
Pairings:none
Summary:From the perspective of the scribe.




The Scribe

I am the historian
the watcher of time
I decide the winners
and vanquish the losers with the stroke of my quill

Parchment is my battlefield
ink, bloodshed
my pen is my sword
by far mightier than Orcrist and stronger than Glamdring

I affect the youth
from servant boy to princeling
Who can argue with the written word?
Who could deny a law or custom once bound?

I am the undertaker
I buried them all
Sometimes twice

I am the linguist
I speak all tongues
some better than others
I trained myself not to shudder at the black speech
I hate rewriting pages ruined by a shaky hand

I am the voyeur

the storyteller

the unknown

the hated

the beloved

the loney one

I am the scribe.

Date: 2012-03-08 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blslarner.livejournal.com
Oh, such an insightful poem!

Date: 2012-03-09 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] just-ann-now.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm very glad I found this! I really like the way you've conveyed all the weighty duties of the scribe, the keeper of the histories. Particularly:

Who can argue with the written word?
Who could deny a law or custom once bound?


...which is very ominous. I hope the scribe can keep their objectivity, and present the facts as facts. I wish her the best.

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