Challenge
Challenge of the Week CXIX
Twisted Past. Choose an event from history and twist it - insert new characters, have it end differently, rewrite it as you see fit. The event you choose can be drawn from world history or personal history. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
Our Indestructible Lady
In this year of 1831
Parisians care more about a book-
Victo Hugo's new book,
Than they do about reality.
The real cathedral-
No not one with a hunchback,
La Cathédrale,
Notre-Dame de Paris.
I must show them-
I have to show them,
The virtue, the wonder,
The sacred beauty.
I'll restore Our Lady-
Create an indestructable shell.
I'll preserve Our Lady-
Protect her from any future harm.
I'll fortify Our Lady-
Ensure that her strength shall prevail.
Our delicate Lady-
The center of our city,
The heart of Paris.
No bullet will shatter her glass.
No cannon will harm her walls.
No flames will scorch her breauty.
No smoke will fill her halls.
She will live on eternal.
I will see to that.
Our indestructible Lady.
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