Ninja Granny I - the Rescuer

Folks say his mother used to read
Stories of ancient warriors indeed,
To give birth to a child as brave
As a legend beneath a historic grave.

'Achilles'- She used to call her son
And he grew up, fascinating like none,
Granny still zealous, planted ardor aboard
His mother gifted him a fervent sword.

Ninja granny took him to a wonderland
Where he was hailed as a warrior grand,
Every day he read of kings in wars
Every night he escaped worldly doors.

That night he was woken by an alphabet
It was an 'A' shivering in cold sweat,
"Achilles our savior, we need thee
To release our inmates and set them free."

Arose Achilles to the land of words
Where stories flew past like birds,
Colored houses of phrases spoken
Missing alphabets from windows broken.

The morning sun made up of a sentence
Pleaded Achilles for their independence,
Leaving A and C all had been caught
Their land left with stories that fought.

Achilles swayed his little gifted sword
Headed to the prison he'd never explored,
Oh what courage flowed in his veins
Passionate to free alphabets of chains.

The prison of punctuation was guarded
By creepy spelling mistakes disregarded,
He fought valiantly and killed them all
Released alphabets from the prison wall.

He met the King of Punctuation Marks
Demanded to know why he fired sparks,
"Achilles the brave! We hail thee
We were ruined by an unknown flea.

But now that you have saved our land
I plead you to let our message expand,
When people in the world pen their tales
Let them punctuate or the train derails.

As long as punctuation stays alive
Their stories will flutter and strive,
Or else mistakes might attack us again
Their follies will make our enemies gain."

Brave Achilles narrated to granny on his way back,
Tired, dozed off dreaming of another exciting track,
He mumbled "Hold on! I come to save the world afar";
Granny closed his book, tomorrow The Alexander or a Czar?

Poet's Note: Experimenting with the funny granny series, this is my first tale. You can read the second one here:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/ninja_granny_ii_-_exuberant_colors_1261206

May 17, 2020

BRIAN'S CHOICE L ,any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
~Winner: 3rd Place

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Date: 5/20/2020 12:48:00 AM
Excellent! A very imaginative creation! Enjoyed the story and the style it was narrated in!
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Aditi Mishra
Date: 5/20/2020 1:56:00 AM
Glad you loved it. Thank you for the appreciation Krish :)
Date: 5/19/2020 6:09:00 AM
Beautiful and witty. Words of gracious flow, developing extra limbs to double-embrace the mind. I love every bit if this.
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Date: 5/19/2020 6:17:00 AM
I am glad you loved it. Thank you for your kind appreciation :)
Date: 5/18/2020 1:11:00 AM
Wow..A 'Fav'..exquisite narrative style..Great write Aditi..
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Date: 5/18/2020 1:15:00 AM
Glad you loved it Jenish. Thank you so much :)
Date: 5/17/2020 8:17:00 PM
Wow. So impressive a write. God bless you dear friend, with many more impressive poems. Love to you, Gina
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Date: 5/17/2020 9:48:00 PM
Glad you took your time to read it and loved it Gina. Thank you for your kind words. God bless you :)
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