The Knight

For once there was a noble knight, just in his actions and morals;
He fought for who he though was needy, whether it be man or woman;
For many a year, he fought in and out for those he had accepted into his guardianship;
He fought for them;
But little did they know that a great evil had began to well in his heart;
It seemed the devil himself, could be the only one to sow such a seed, in such a noble being;
But indeed, it was the devil;
He kept this to himself, in fear of the others knowing his sudden weakness;
For, to them he was a pillar of support;
He had his inner conflictions hidden for a long period of time;
But the inevitable began to happen;
His wall of resilience, that suffered many a barrage from the outside;
Began to be eroded from the inside, sabotage;
He became a two-edged blade;
One you could lean on, and then in a instant, turn on you;
A dark night, he did become;
For a time, the evil was strong, but he came to handle this entity;
Managing to hold it back, until no-one noticed;
He was still the knight of reliance;
This continued, until a greater evil wandered onto his path;
Flaring the inner evil, the new evil began to play with the knight;
Testing and contorting him, testing the waters, through a wall of deceit and fake need;
The knight fell fool hardy, to the needs of the people;
He was played into obliviousness;
Though it was his greatest sin, his evil became his greatest asset;
Through his inner monster, the knight managed to abate the new evil, with only a portion of his power;
By feeding his inner daemon, he continued to exist;
Not as a true white knight, but a mere copy of the true thing;