The Penalty Poem
“In the Reath, people live in fear.
No one can leave, they are forced to stay here.
For in the Reath, the fairies come at night.
Stealing young children out of anger and spite.
In the Reath, fairies are stronger than men.
And if a child is taken, you never see them again.
Here in the Reath, I live . . . um . . . strangely,
And I long for more that what’s here for me.”
“I like it,” my sister complimented in an encouraging tone, “Although, I don’t think it would be wise to read that…
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