February 11, 2023

The Black Knight

A mighty knight to prove a king 
As master and a brother
True to god to test a lord
In death to find another

Held to him a tiny star
Encased in silver locket
Black would be his royal garb
This trinket deep to pocket

Every eve at sunsets pause
His weapons flashed the light
A kingdom free and guarded well
Into the licorice night

His kingdom filled a valley rich
With water, game, and life
Daughtered by a dozen maids
The Queen of love his wife

One road led among them
From the caverns holy ridge
This King would stand to hold it
As a knight atop the bridge

Tales of him were legend 
In the mastery of his stands
Few returned to speak his fame
None had touched his lands

Shattered daggers filled the void
Tears shed for each falling
Darkness was this test to see
Who's strike became a calling

Skill and honor held the code
Of he who'ld tempt the fates
None but one could rule his land
It's price would paint the gates

Years of steel to build an arm
The fire filled his dance
Tresspass no one over me
A King your only chance

Sunlight filled his loving heart
blood his nightly duel
His alone this paradise
Lesser souls his fuel

No one knew among his loves
What every night he'ld seen
lives the king had set to flight
For children, land, and queen

-Hermit King-




Guinevere

A maiden knight to prove a king 
As mentor and a lover
Truth her life to test a lord
Her faith to find this other

Held to her a tiny star
Encased in silver locket
A black knights gift from royal garb
Deep within hearts pocket

Every eve at sunsets pause
Her weapons flashed the light
A kingdom free and guarded well
Into the licorice night

Her kingdom filled a valley rich
Protected from all strife
Daughter to a line of kings
Queens of love and life

One road led among them
From the caverns holy bridge
Guinevere would hold it
True loves light atop the ridge

Tales of her were visions
And the legend of her stands
Few could help but speak her name
Her beauty marked the lands

Shattered beggars filled the void
Tears shed for each falling
Starlight was her wish to see
Who’s love became a calling

Skill and honor held the code
Of one who’d tempt the fates
None but this could rule her heart
It’s price unlock her gates

Years of patience held her firm
Fire filled her dance
Tresspass no one over me
A King the only chance

Sunlight filled her loving heart
A lonely royal jewell
Hers to share this paradise 
With one who'd reign and rule

No one knew of lesser lives
What Guinevere had seen
Hearts the maid had set to flight
As Camelots next queen

-Hermit King--