Erasure
Title: To my son, born of dragonsong
Original author: lassiter
Original text: Ye Shall Not Surely Die (The Ascension Remix)
Fandom: Merlin
Note: For erasureathon. So I decided to try a more visual style, and that didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I realized as I was drawing on the print out that the positioning of the words in two places is rather difficult to follow, although I thought they worked visually. I've put another version of the poem minus the drawings below the image with some attempt at keeping the fragmented view of erasure.
For those with smaller screen resolutions, you may want to scroll right. There are two images.
To my son, born of dragonsong
Like gold,
power older than the first man
shimmers
in your body.
Forge it into strength.
Don't fear the truth.
The world of men
resents
your magic.
Suspicion
Fear
War
Times have changed, will change.
Stand between the worlds
as master of the earth.
You have a great destiny stretched across worlds and time
and
Your magic is greater than their fear.
My son,
do not forget
You are a gift.
Original author: lassiter
Original text: Ye Shall Not Surely Die (The Ascension Remix)
Fandom: Merlin
Note: For erasureathon. So I decided to try a more visual style, and that didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I realized as I was drawing on the print out that the positioning of the words in two places is rather difficult to follow, although I thought they worked visually. I've put another version of the poem minus the drawings below the image with some attempt at keeping the fragmented view of erasure.
For those with smaller screen resolutions, you may want to scroll right. There are two images.
To my son, born of dragonsong
Like gold,
power older than the first man
shimmers
in your body.
Forge it into strength.
Don't fear the truth.
The world of men
resents
your magic.
Suspicion
Fear
War
Times have changed, will change.
Stand between the worlds
as master of the earth.
You have a great destiny stretched across worlds and time
and
Your magic is greater than their fear.
My son,
do not forget
You are a gift.