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fictionadventurer · 4 months

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I'm a couple days behind on the Chesterton Challenge, but in light of @isfjmel-phleg posting that piece of Tietra's backstory from the Blackberry Bushes series, I decided to skip ahead to the "mother" prompt and post this attempt at a kyrielle about her situation.

Kyrielle for Tietra

The world is locked in awful war At last, to end it I must be Forever wedded to the foe O God, be merciful to me

I come within a foreign court My name changed by a king's decree My past erased, what else remains? O God, be merciful to me

My husband's death leaves me alone Suspected as an enemy By those who hold my daughter's crown O God, be merciful to me

They aim to shape my daughter's life In ways with which I can't agree I must retreat to save her soul O God, be merciful to me Caught fast between her world and mine With foes I can't defeat or flee How can I save myself and her? O God, be merciful to me

#the chesterton challenge #the blackberry bushes #isfjmel-phleg #i came up with the idea for this when i first discovered the kyrielle form #which traditionally ends each stanza with the plea for mercy #a french form pleading for mercy seemed ideal for her situation and religious faith #i wasn't happy with the first partial attempt and thought it might seem weird to post something so niche about a friend's ocs #but now that there's recent tietra backstory to give context #i decided to try finishing #wasn't sure which name to title it with #went with the name that rietta knows her mother by #given the prompt #and the fact that the faysmondian name might fit better for a french form #poetry #fictionadventurer poetry

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