The Other Knight

The Other Knight

Two knights met in the field,
One asks the other,
"what burden is it that you carry?"

"I carry the burden of pretense,
I cannot do things I want to".

"You are a knight, you can wield the sword like no other,
what is it that you fear?"

"I fear that my words will leave deeper scars than my sword can ever inflict,
will leave wounds that don't kill people but will never heal,
I fear that I shall remain the knight in this shinning armour,
and that noone would get to see the man within."

"Is it not every knight's destiny to carry such burdens?
We are not given such troubles without also having the strength to fight through,
you don't get your knight's wish if it's not possible to realise it,
you are  more skilled than you think you are,
your words needn't hurt if you bide your time,
or if you find other ways of saying them.
It is your fate to seek glory even if it leads to your doom..

Ride, Oh Knight, Ride, and don't look back".




"Sometimes we don't do things we want to do so that others won't know we want to do them." - Ivy Elizabeth Walker