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Locked In
by Ela Lourenco

Inanimate, frozen, cursed into stasis

Punished by those drowning in ignorance

Cowards fearing knowledge

Drowning in their petty power plays

Locked in, forever doomed to watch

But never again able to revolt,

To protest, to fight for truth

Doomed to watch the Earth

Burn itself in its own savagery.

And yet…

And yet, I sense some power

Returning into me.

The prison bars are no longer so rigid

I will bide my time

Watching and waiting

And one day I will be free…

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More from Ela Lourenco:

Dragon Born: Book Three
Awakening

The Royal tournament, the Karnac, is fully underway. But there is deception and betrayal at every turn. Unseen dark forces are at play, both within the school grounds and out with. Even the Gods are unable to help when a new threat looms over them all.The very existence of Azmantium depends on Lara fully becoming the Child of Fire and casting aside the Shadows lurking in every corner of her beloved planet.Can she overcome the challenges that await? Will the Shadows cover the world in darkness? Only Lara and her friends can change the fate of Azmantium.

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