The Dying Embers of Chivalry

Darkness in the world suffocates and prevails I retrieve plaintively The Canterbury’s Tales Begin my own pilgrimage to the land of kings and knights When there were other meanings to the word heights To the time of true chivalry not outrageous impudence To the time of faith, nobility and reticence To the time when audacity was more than just a software To the time when allegiance wasn’t a singular affair Knights of the Round Table heralded their pledge and prowess To their fellow men, they bestowed justice and largess Well, such were the tales of true homage and humanity Before the human race was destroyed by the caltrops of vanity Along the path of my journey, I became aware of one truth It’s our own Renaissance that should be sought by our youth…