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    Poetry

    something a bit different, Philomel expressing her existence and journey through free verse poetry.
    I am not who you think I am.
    Those who do not know me call me a whore
    A floozy, a pirate, a witch,
    A whore.
    But a long time ago I became more than that.
    A thousand suns ago I rose with the dawn.
    It came, sunrise filled the skies and I -
    I -
    Was anew.
    Turned, matured, awakened.
    Days, weeks, months
    Years I have searched, years I have grown
    Becoming someone
    Something else
    Not just the girl in the brothel anymore, but
    Instead
    Other.
    Me, a freeform poet,
    The feminist, woman who only seeks freedom and fairness
    Away from those others who would
    Cruelly tie those like me down.
    People like my father.
    People like Hessiod.
    People like -
    Like you.
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    This is my daughter.
    People ask me to explain her. Define her.
    But she is just her. Born, blessed, wanted.
    And I, that mother who seems to not care, who seems to be so
    Unloving.
    This is my daughter.
    Conceived after an idea
    A night of drinking and a lack of passion.
    My homosexual best friend her father
    No attraction between us, just ...
    Practicality.
    He told me that he was best. That he would never want for anything. That any other man would use her to
    To have a hold over me.
    This is my daughter.
    My heir
    My world and future.
    My legacy.
    Celandine, my little blackbird,
    My daughter.
    Blessed by the goddess most holy.
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    Battles many have I fought.
    Both physically and mentally.
    Both emotionally and in persuit of destiny.
    Standing against
    What was expected of me.
    Being one who stood up
    To those who sought to rule over me.
    They said I was nothing but a whore for others' pleasure
    But I
    I
    But I said no.
    I said that I did not want to be
    What so many had been before.
    Instead of being raped, of being accepting of
    A man's world
    I said no and that power for a woman begins
    In the bedchamber, where secrets are unfurled.
    Thus I began as a spy
    An assassin, a secret keeper, a charlatan.
    An actor, a performer, a mystic,
    Selling their secrets for gold.
    Gold, my gold, which I then
    Paid into the trade of my friends.
    Their lives, I bought them back for them
    And we danced like lilies bloom.
    Gilded by the gold of those we betrayed
    Beautiful flowers are we.
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    These are the things I am, and have been.
    I began as a daughter. A girl.
    Scared, abused, secluded.
    Then I was an apprentice, learning my mother's old trade, to survive.
    Then I was a victim, a person who suffered and more.
    Then I had a friend, who will be with me forevermore.
    Then I was a killer, as a new ability came to light.
    I trained, I joined a guild,
    I came at night.
    Then I was a table turner, as I struck out at the cruel man who owned me. Like my father he passed.
    By my own hand.
    Then I was an assassin and spy.
    And I was a high end courtesan.
    My abilities grew, my influence grew.
    I became more.
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    Traitor, they called me
    Betrayer of trust.
    I was placed to the side as coup-de-tat became the norm,
    Named as one who could not be trusted.
    All because I decided to serve my interests,
    To raise a guild of my own.
    One of secrets, one of life,
    Whilst the assassins' sanctum was my home.
    Then I became just me. Just me in my world.
    My influence grew, my name grew.
    I became a brothel-keeper, a saviour to some ...
    A ship mate, then a -
    Pirate Captain.
    (That one still baffles me too.)
    More brothels wanted my protection. My name grew famous.
    Lover was I, but also secret keeper. Matron, warrior, sailor, killer, general ...
    Matriarch.
    I am Philomel of the Gilded Lily. We stand for female freedom.
    You will find us in every safe brothel, where the women are respected. So respected that they own their own.
    And I am a legacy, I am told.
    I still have a ship, but now have a fortress, an army, a following.
    I am a high priestess of my Goddess Drys,
    And above all ...
    I am a mother.
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    Come, oh come, and
    Try to intimidate me
    I am fearless
    I am strong
    I stand for all that have suffered
    I am woman incarnate
    Who bends under the man's world
    Oh yes, you can say that there's equality, but
    There isn't, oh no,
    It's still a man's realm
    In his house, with his family,
    Under his protection, with his hand to steady it
    His word goes, and there are some women in power, but
    Oh how they have fought
    Oh how they have struggled
    Oh how they have roared
    Because I am a lioness, counting the days until
    Women rule the world.
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    The family triplet: Philomel, Vaeron and Celandine.
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    The Primordials: Professor Charles and Moros.

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    Oh, oh, oh
    I am a legacy
    Oh, oh, oh, dancer
    Dance for me
    One day I'll be
    Written in the stars
    It is that or I'll be
    Forgotten.
    Oh, oh, oh
    I'm a Prima Donna
    Oh, oh, oh
    I'm a flower in the spring
    Oh, oh, oh
    I am grateful to my past
    I live for those who follow me
    I am what they have made me
    I am who I am.
    I am who I always was.
    I am who I am.
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    Matriarch of the Gilded Lily and of its brothels, associated establishments and the army.

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    The family triplet: Philomel, Vaeron and Celandine.
    The god and kenku triplet: Stare, Avin and Vixen.
    The Primordials: Professor Charles and Moros.

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    One day soon I'll
    Take over the world
    Ha ha, how funny am I.
    Though it is strange, as
    The only man I can say I've ever loved
    The only being I can say I've ever loved in that romantic way
    He is now mine more than ever
    I lived through so many trials before this
    Including another heart that belonged to him
    Oh how I broke in those days
    How I mended back together, all hard and empty
    Cruel and without mercy
    How much anger did I direct at him as he -
    As he, Shinsou, tried to steal my city
    He was forgotten to me
    His name forbidden in my presence
    Oh how I hated him
    How I hated to love him
    He lived in my heart
    Unwelcome
    Such a fool was he
    Such a fool was I
    When he tried to take my city
    Yes he tried to take my city
    But then the fire rained from the heavens
    And we - we
    Suffered and almost died, oh sorrowful day
    But then he, he -
    Gave himself to me
    And we gave ourselves to sin
    Oh my, oh my, oh my
    Beauty
    He is mine, under oath to me, to my guild
    At last
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    Matriarch of the Gilded Lily and of its brothels, associated establishments and the army.

    Characters:
    The family triplet: Philomel, Vaeron and Celandine.
    The god and kenku triplet: Stare, Avin and Vixen.
    The Primordials: Professor Charles and Moros.

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    Oh beloved, my beloved
    Heart of my heart
    Connected to my soul.
    Truly we are of each other as we are
    Joined by the spirit.
    You are me and I am you.
    Faun and spirit of the earth.
    Goat to fox, beings of the dearest goddess.
    So faithful, so true.
    I love you from the day that I saw you
    Until now, when we die for the final time together.
    Oh my darling beloved.
    Just a little being
    But one who grows so.
    We are the powerful together, destiny makers,
    We are strong.
    We are one.
    We are we.
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    Matriarch of the Gilded Lily and of its brothels, associated establishments and the army.

    Characters:
    The family triplet: Philomel, Vaeron and Celandine.
    The god and kenku triplet: Stare, Avin and Vixen.
    The Primordials: Professor Charles and Moros.

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    Huge.
    Wingless.
    Grounded.
    Sharp toothed.
    What else can I say about
    You, my precious one.
    You, who call me mother.
    You are a monster to some,
    A beauty to others,
    A wonder.
    A dragon. Genuine dragon.
    Altered by the magic of a goddess,
    But given ability sublime.
    Mighty, you call me
    Mother
    And I
    Will answer when you call.
    I will always answer, when you call.
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    Matriarch of the Gilded Lily and of its brothels, associated establishments and the army.

    Characters:
    The family triplet: Philomel, Vaeron and Celandine.
    The god and kenku triplet: Stare, Avin and Vixen.
    The Primordials: Professor Charles and Moros.

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