Commandment Battlement - Part Two -

If you fight with fervent heart,
roar of lion from your part,
perhaps true kindness will impart the vengence of a Goddess staved,
the moon now red with the noon's dead,
in your heart I'm sure is dread,for this rite you were not bred,
many times an oracle told: men from feet made of lead
are mercenaries poorly fed; in countless meadows they have bled,
will they toil loyal,paid by your moldy bread?

So go, my foe of woe,wear the royal robe to toe,
and drink the wine bitter slow,
I am Lord of the sword,a righteous king of the horde,
of many Gods I've implored
to smite this monger to the floor,
not for thirst of the gore
but to have a legend's lore,
to protect a People free with me,before you perish it will be!

The priests posture purely now at the front ranks with faces skyward
petitioning to consecrate,
as the cavalry concentrates hard on their horse's fate
feeling the trumpet's terrible,seething sound,
a wilting wind softly weathers the seasoned infantry's instinct
from gaze to green ground,
while they infer the jarring armor jangle of heavy horsemen,
sufficient to strangle reluctance to prostrate,
a low thunder thumps my ears,my spirit leers across,
limbs like gears I raise my battle axe ahigh,

Tepid tepid rain,from whence you came
not the curving cloud but from the adversary's frame,
the color of the warm rain is the magenta stain
of enemy's brain on my horse's mane,
the Bishop busies as assassin,an orthodox art that has always been,
your Knight is nigh,about to die,

J.A.B.  Part  Two -
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 7/26/2013 6:22:00 PM
I love the seething sound of the trumpet. It's a wake-up call, my alarm to wake up- just as your poems are. I laugh at my last comment written here...this is a good one. Always, Laura
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Justin Bordner
Date: 7/27/2013 2:21:00 PM
Yeah, that expression is rich and vivid, so excited that you appreciate it Laura - these lines definitely ascend to the palpable my friend - J.A.B. %
Date: 10/1/2012 11:25:00 PM
i had to chop my comment,,, the comment box only allows 500 characters. ta ta, and good night,, PD
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Justin Bordner
Date: 10/2/2012 1:56:00 PM
'Till next time my Sphinx -
Date: 10/1/2012 11:24:00 PM
Hi Justin, it is nice 2 see U on line when I'm around. I was getting ready to log off. About your poem: I'm truly amazed, how I still fell your powerful first part poem, still!! Isn't that something. By the way I like the way you rhymed this poem. I better let you go for a bit. Hope to see a new poem of yours soon. I will continue to read the "Commandment Battlement" parts of your poem, when I log on. It will give me something fresh to read of yours. Did you read my new poem. always~PD
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Justin Bordner
Date: 10/2/2012 1:55:00 PM
I've always gotten excited about your presence PD., and I'm grateful to know your incredibly divine work, and your spirit - rhyme, alliteration, cadance have always attracted my pen - the language is generous when one loves it - J.A.B. %
Date: 8/21/2012 9:14:00 PM
AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Wow. Sorry for my outburst....moving on... ;) Always, Laura
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Justin Bordner
Date: 8/23/2012 5:02:00 PM
Hey, outbursts are the story of my existence Laura; it seems right to me! J.A.B.
Date: 7/28/2012 12:50:00 PM
Masterpiece theatre...incredible rhyming going on to part 3
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Justin Bordner
Date: 7/30/2012 5:56:00 PM
So glad it moves your soul Anne!!! Thank you - J.A.B.
Date: 7/25/2012 5:37:00 PM
Whew...the other contender of this battle..God! Like this one more, Justin!:) Best wishes, Mikki
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Justin Bordner
Date: 7/26/2012 10:30:00 AM
Of course you do Mikki,this is where the battle begins; you fight for Light & beauty too! - J.A.B.
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