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Before Grendel

A literary blog: I will write essays, short stories, and poems for all to read. Instead of another blog about someone's take on the world around them, take some time to read fantasy for a change.

Before I met Grendel

I was a sight to see

So strong, so beautiful

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But Grendel wanted me

He saw me in the town

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His green eyes yearned

I was lonely and hungry

This he quickly learned

At night he came

I was vulnerable and alone

He ate my virgin flesh

I felt his heart of stone

Now I am ugly and weak

Not beautiful and strong

He was not sorry for his deed

He does not know any wrong

Sometimes I think of the time

Before the monster and his pain

I must think of it

It keeps me sane

Even though I remember

The happy times before

I look at the scares he left

I feel them, still sore

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