Death of a Knight
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This free verse narrative that I wrote on "Death of a Knight" actually goes back to a time in the past when I had studied close-in combat in the times of medieval warfare. This particular subject is fascinating and this poem presents a view of the slow, but inevitable transition that the dying knight experiences as leaves the world of the living and moves on to death and everlasting eternity. (Gary Bateman - September 9, 2014)
Blood surges through the deep gash in his armor
while the brave knight writhes in pain and cries in anguish.
The battle is over now and the knight drops hard to the ground
knowing that his life force is ebbing and his strength is waning.
With the battle finished the knight begins his final fight
with Death in his inevitable glory and result.
The knight’s blood now slows to a quiet trickle like blood tears
while key moments in his life flash before him lightening quick.
The knight finds his comfort in love of family and country;
this is a moment of solace as his body tightens in Death’s grip.
His blood now seeps into the ground itself and his breathing grows shallow,
and twilight moves to darkness in the knight’s final conscious thought.
The knight murmurs: fighting, war, and duty to my king have been my life,
but now I must take leave of this mortal coil.
With that Death takes the Knight’s mortal body and the hand of God carries
his heavenly soul to everlasting eternity.
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved (September 9, 2014) (Distich or Unrhymed Couplet)
Copyright © Gary Bateman | Year Posted 2014
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