Reblogged from Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings:

Inspired by AWD4, "Hidden Crime"

Galloping

There were The Rules
and The Rules had to be obeyed--
it didn't matter what they were
they didn't exist to make sense,
only to break us.

She knew they would come
eventually
the figures with robes the color
of the sky--
they tried to kill her love
of blue
but had to kill her instead…

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