the sky was painted out all in shades of steel

like a pauldron pitted in battle

some mediaeval warrior long gone

bled out on the snow so lurid her death as if written in ink flowing

in rivulets from the devils pen.

there were no sky no sun no planets for to guide her

she sought out the deity of her youth

and if he were there to shield her from the bullets of fate

but God was silent on her account

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