a black diamond

fortress

stands alone

in the middle

of nowhere

it's highly

addictive properties

are guarded

by dragons

of the old guard

their doors

are painted

memorials

of the great

dragon wars

long ago

when the queen

of the desolate

compromise

made a declaration

to induce

labor

at once

the child taken

was then placed

on the altar

of silence

made from the platelets

conceived

within

the fire's breath

this left no recourse

so it was said

for the future

of light

their orgy of death & destruction

was permitted to go

unmitigated

allegiance to their dark queen

and loyalty

to uphold

a sulfuric odor

culminated

in the pendant

that she wore

vultures circling

smoke inhalation

causes death

suffocating its victims

black and billowing

we sit at the edge

patiently awaiting

the ice breaker

that freeze

all assets

in a facet

of time