The Swords Speak
While Excalibur's sword inscription
was of the sovereign Kings prediction
the majority of gentry believed its merely fiction
Whereas the Italian phrased Sword that Spoke
Instilled a diction purposely meant to provoke
for it bore the words that united all the folk
"Free people are brothers"
With each laborious clink and clang
that etched inscription sang and sang
in the place where it mattered the most
upon the brain of the patriotic wielding host
When the battle approached its ending
and the warriors went about wound tending
As they offered a victorious toast
The soldiers melodious song would boast
"Free people are brothers" 1/29/2017 106wd
Copyright © Donna Roberts | Year Posted 2017
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