{"id":154,"date":"2012-09-08T00:35:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/?p=154"},"modified":"2023-08-23T00:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:20:27","slug":"the-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/2012\/09\/08\/the-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening continually to <a href=\"https:\/\/conan.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atlantean_Sword\">The Atlantean Sword<\/a> kind of inspired me to write this.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in the earth<br \/>\nDown in the ground<br \/>\nA mound of iron,<br \/>\n(Lies) waiting to be found<\/p>\n<p>I pound, I shape<br \/>\nA sword I make<br \/>\nThe sweat of my brow<br \/>\nThe blood of my heart<\/p>\n<p>Steel on steel<br \/>\nA sword is born<br \/>\nTo live by my side<br \/>\nRule the world<br \/>\nGo where I ride<br \/>\nLife avenged and torn<\/p>\n<p>Dug up and removed<br \/>\nPounded by strength<br \/>\nMade into Glory<br \/>\nSteel \u2013 a Godly length<\/p>\n<p>I pound, I shape<br \/>\nA sword I make<br \/>\nThe strength of my will<br \/>\nThe test of my nerve<\/p>\n<p>Blood from blood<br \/>\nA sword is born<br \/>\nTo stay by my side<br \/>\nProtect the world<br \/>\nCuts open wide<br \/>\nNever shalt thou morn<\/p>\n<p>Forged in fire<br \/>\nStrengthened I feel<br \/>\nHammered into shape<br \/>\nSet into steel<\/p>\n<p>I pound, I shape<br \/>\nA sword I make<br \/>\nThe thoughts of my mind<br \/>\nThe depths of my binds<\/p>\n<p>Legends and lore<br \/>\nA sword is born<br \/>\nAlways (now) by my side<br \/>\nForever in the world<br \/>\nI shall no longer hide<br \/>\nThis I have sworn<\/p>\n<p>Quenched with water<br \/>\nBorn as steel<br \/>\nThe power in my arms<br \/>\nMy fire and my zeal<\/p>\n<p>I pound, I shape<br \/>\nA sword I make<br \/>\nThe weight of my hands<br \/>\nThe glint of my blade<\/p>\n<p>Life and life<br \/>\nA sword is born<br \/>\nTo protect my side<br \/>\nUpon top of the world<br \/>\nMy time, do I bide<br \/>\nBegin a new dawn<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening continually to The Atlantean Sword kind of inspired me to write this. Deep in the earth Down in the ground A mound of iron, (Lies) waiting to be found I pound, I shape A sword I make The sweat of my brow The blood of my heart Steel on steel A sword is born [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47],"tags":[57,58],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","category-writing","tag-the-sword","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidandkiyomi.com\/bloodandsoil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}