The Old Knight and Firebreath Part One

A king with might and piety
He rules his land quietly
Silence always seeks sound
Peace ends when it's found

A wizard casts a spell
Damning the king to hell
Creating chaos and death
Naming his creation Firebreath  

A dragon, a dragon, a dragon flies out
Fire, fire, fire it spouts
Farms, Taverns, Castles in flames
Now he's the one who reigns

The wizard loses control
The dragon burns him like coal
A creature without its summoner
Burning every commoner

A knight takes his sword
He swears to his lord
The last thing the dragon will hear
Is this man's happy cheer

So the knight goes to its nest
Bearing his lord's crest
The knight keeps his word
And slays the giant fire bird

He makes sure the dragon's dead
Then he takes the giant head
Brings it down to the town
And all he gets is a big frown

The dragon he had killed
Was still very unskilled
For that was just its child
And wasn't even ready for the wild

The knight is thrown into a cell
He slowly becomes very unwell
His mind isn't what it used to be
Still he escapes after finding the key

But the sunlight is so bright he loses his sight
He can't tell his left from right
Nevertheless he goes to the town
All he does is ask around

Where is the monster that plagued this land
He shall still die by my hand
Nobody had ever seen the knight or the dragon
The creature killed the people and left the land barren

Everyone the knight had ever known
Was now beneath sand and stone
No wonder he could escape so easily
Nobody stopped him from using the key

So where do you people come from then
We have traveled here from afar old man
Why come to a place that has nothing to offer
Our lord sent us here good and kind sir

All of a sudden a man comes running
Talking about a creature he found stunning
He had escaped the monster's breath
And avoided certain death

Where is the dragon may I ask
For killing him is my task
I saw him flying up the peak
His baby is what it seeks

So the knight asked the villager to join him
For his situation was pretty grim
His blindness is what stopped the knight
On his own he could never win the fight

After long debate the villager said yes
Promising to help the knight in this mess
They followed the destruction the dragon left behind
But when the man saw the monster he resigned

Leaving the old knight on his own
Blind and only flesh and bone
Fearing that this is the end
Still he did make a stand

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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