The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins

Fated call to arms
to answer a distant king
dragged from island home

Dragged from island home
on ships full with tools of war  
an unwilling pawn

An unwilling pawn
a madman whose son was placed
before sharpened blades

Before sharpened blades
came sharpened words born of rage
from the young queen’s flight

From the young queen’s flight
launched a thousand ships of war
an armada sailed

An armada sailed
and beached upon sandy shores
to return a queenTo return a queen
victim to the whims of gods
Fated call to arms

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Rikhav Kothari

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Rikhav Kothari is a poet and community organizer hailing from Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. His poetic work covers topics related to artistic process, nature, community development, and relationships (romantic, platonic, filial, etc). When not weaving words into imagery, Rikhav can be found managing the tech stack for the Lowell Poetry Wheel, bounding from rock to root on one mountain or another, or thinking of new creative ways to break his 9-to-5’s product.

To find more of Rikhav’s work, check out his website, Instagram, or the Lowell Community Poetry Organization.

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