Sestina
by Dylan Basora—Kennelly
The immortal entity tried to render.
Life into existence, but it was forbidden
It was clearly told in the tomes.
Even this entity was subject
To the laws which upset
it, which lead it to conquer.
In the entities rage it conquered
the universe and decided to finish rendering
life into the universe upsetting
the balance, which is why it was forbidden.
The entity brought its new subjects
into the fray, so as it was written in the tomes.
The ancients had written in the tome,
saying that to conquer
would leave the entity subject
to whatever punishment the ancients rendered
for the its forbidden
actions that upset
the natural order which upset
the ancients. The tome
granted the ancients with the forbidden
ability to conquer
the immortal entity by rendering
the entity as mortal as its subjects.
The mortality of the entity leads its subjects
to rebel for it had upset
the natural order. They then rendered
their own judgment not obeying the tomes
based on how the entity conquered.
It was decided to decapitate it for its forbidden
actions. Although what the entity had done was forbidden,
the ancients asked that the subjects
be less severe because the entity had already been punished for conquering,
but they had been too upset
to be reasoned with so they burned the tome
and decided to render.
A new society made the ancients forbidden and with that they rendered.
A new society run by the subjects that did not follow the tomes.
They only appose those who conquer and the ancients that were upset.
Originally published in Spring 2020, Volume 1, Issue 3