Prompt: Kingdom (Taken from The Ultimate Fanfic Challenge 200 Prompts)
Setting: Okay, so this is whole-heartedly and unashamedly inspired by Mergana Pendragon's amazing fanfiction concept 'Prince of Mako'. The plot is that, back in the war between mermen and mermaids it was Cam, a mermaid prince, who created the Trident, an act he was henceforth banished for, sent to live out eternity as a land boy. It's definitely a ff I'd recommend checking out, and MR has full credit for the AU concept design. This is just a poem/freeverse inspired by that kick-ass idea :D
Rating: K+
Pairings: Cam x The Trident (Only joking... or am I?)
Warnings: Written at three am in the morning thanks to insomnia. Also, I'm no poet, it's definitely not my strong suit. I'm giving it a go anyway, apparently, because late night/early morning me seems to think that's a good idea.
Also contains graphic-ish imagery and dark themes.
Recommended Listening: N/A
Kingdom
It was you who watched an underwater world burn in fires of your making,
People twisted beyond recognition, fighting for their lives and you their beloved prince- unseen monster.
It was you who sat unflinching in a throne, constructed on a pyre,
You struck the match to light the kindle, and smiled to god, as a god, and it burned.
It was you who fought confident, a warrior without doubt or heart,
Save that you used to love yourself and all your own, which was solely you.
It was you that let the children burn Misery disgraced,
Their mothers knelt with bleeding tongues and bleeding eyes,
Carrying on in your fight for there were others to protect.
It was you that fashioned murder into form and let the slaughter fall upon the waking sheep,
Oceans rising, waves crashing, responding to the storm known as your soul,
If it could be believed that you possessed such a thing.
It was you, sweet prince, who saw beauty in power, and were mesmerised by it,
Playing victim to your own indulgences and follies like a child.
It was you whom we remembered, in sleepless nights and waking dreams,
Feeding us danger, blood and stories that cannot be forgiven.
But we've read the legends now, we know the signs.
All mermen are the enemy, and you, forgotten, banished prince,
Only the beating fear remains, unforgotten,
Living still within our hearts.