(Point of View from King Arthur’s half-sister Morgana from the movie Excalibur) Creative Writing Class Poem by Stella Carrier

I preface sharing this poem by making it clear that I’m following the encouragement of my intuition and passion for being creative as influences for me sharing this poem writing from the point of view of King Arthur’s Half Sister Morgana from the Excalibur movie. I understand that the date is now Friday September 30, 2016 and I’m sharing a poem that is from August 14, 2011. However, I intuitively and logically felt that this was  joyful for me to do in order to share that my higher self/my true/authentic self was encouraging my creativity in freestyle writing even before I consciously became more aware of it later on. I also must give credit and thanks to the Creative Writing Class teacher who encouraged me back in August 2011 when this was written.

Updated Theme Song That Intuitively Comes To Mind For This Poem As of Friday September 30, 2016; Fire Woman by The Cult

Stella Carrier <stellacarrier@yahoo.com>

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08/14/11 at 9:33 PM

Stella Carrier

Creative Writing Poem that I Originally Wrote For A Creative Writing Class During College Back in August 14, 2011 at 9:33 p.m.

Completion by August 14th 2011

Try This 10.10 pg. 368 Poem (Point of View from King Arthur’s half-sister Morgana from the movie Excalibur)

Morgana’s Side of the Story

Dearest Men and Women, You Must Know

How it Feels to See Your Beloved Father Go

Both my emotions and the night on that day were black

As I thought that my wonderful daddy was going to come back

There was something eery about the spirit posing as father coming back to the castle

I wanted to raise a ruckus to mother, but she sent me to bed as not to be a hassle

Anger and feelings of revenge flooded my heart when I found out my father died

I looked up to the heavens and thought “How could this happen” as I cried

I was then determined to one day avenge my father’s death that turned my life upside down

I can only look at the man that was Uther and my half-brother Arthur with a frown

I confess that I knew it was wrong to seduce my half-brother

I wanted to be more in control of my destiny, compared to mother

I tricked King Arthur in helping me to conceive a son

I disguised myself as Guinevere, Arthur’s only one

I did this to avenge my father who many years ago I lost

I had to get back at Arthur’s father Uther no matter the cost

When I gave birth to Mordred, my revenge plan was underway

I learned magic so that things can more often go my way

Even I confess that it was evil to force Merlin to give me the Charm in Making

After seeing what kindness got my father, I amassed all the supernatural power for the taking

Many people only judge me as the magical witch woman who has a very cold heart

I’m a wise woman who only wanted to prevent the mistakes her father made from the start

Floki’s Side of the Story For the History Channel Television Show of Vikings (As Told In A Freestyle Poem by Stella Carrier)

Disclaimer: My amazing husband introduced me to the Vikings television show and I understand that the actors referenced Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrook, Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Lothbrook, Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, Gustaf Skarsgard as Floki, George Blagden as Athlestan among others etc. are only doing their job.

Floki’s Side of the Story For the Television Show of Vikings (As Told In A Freestyle Poem by Stella Carrier)

Floki Here To Explain What I Thought Was Being A Good Friend

I Thought That Ragnar and I Were Going To Be Friends Until the Very End

I Was There For Him From The Beginning Before He Was Even King

Prior to Ragnar and Athlestan Having A Defined Friendship Thing

The Days of Ragnar Turning to Me For Help Building Boats

Together We Would Travel With Other Men To Other Lands With Strong Moats

Our friendship even goes back to when Ragnar And Lagertha were still married

They both even survived the hardship of experiencing their daughter buried

I admit that I killed Athlestan because I was afraid of him betraying Ragnar one day

Never did I imagine that murdering Athlestan would make Ragnar hurt this way

I truthfully found it ironic when his son Bjorn ordered me put to death

As Crazy as it sounds I wonder if I have a past life connection with

His son that sounds similar to the biblical story of  Cain, Abel, and their brother Seth

The reason being is because I felt like I was being put to death by a family member

The time that I fed and sheltered his parents, maybe Bjorn was too young to remember

Floki killed Athlestan for his Christianity many would say

Even though I’m pagan it was not quite that way

Truth is I felt like Athlestan was not good enough to be Ragnar’s close adviser

The fact that Athlestan left Ragnar as soon as he could left me concerned that

Athlestan would have plans to share too much information with an enemy king

And that information on this treason would be hidden at first leaving Ragnar none the wiser

The fact that Ragnar is even questioning my loyalty to him as a friend is actually what is ironic

Before he agreed with his son that I deserved death I always considered Ragnar iconic

Yes, there were times that I questioned what Ragnar was doing but that is what good friends do

A friend who truly cares for their friend will give their friend advice to help make them better and prevent them from looking like a fool

My running away was only a way to cope with Ragnar’s inability to see around him what is madness

Even in death, if only Ragnar could see the good I was doing in the difficult decision of what I did to Athlestan, it would fill my spirit with gladness.