My Knight In Shining Armour Took The Day Off

MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR TOOK THE DAY OFF

by

Melinda Everett



MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR TOOK THE DAY OFF


So the dragon flew in and he burned me down

I sat captured waiting

But he didn't come.

(The sun rose

The sun set

The moon he never met)

Time flowed

The dragon burned me down.

No horse rode up,

No galliant stead,

No man with sword in hand,

Nothing grand.

Just anguish

Just torture

Just aloneness

Just pain.

He had taken the day off.

My heart broke....

The dragon continued burning me down.

I looked at the sky

(It rained

It snowed

It grayed it blued)

The dragon went right on burning me down

I fell over

I gasped

I died

My knight, he never came,

It's always the same

The dragon wins

My ashes dust

Still no knight to mourn

Or obtain justice for me

The Dragon laughed and danced.

My ashes rust.

(The sun rose

The sun set

The moon he never met)

The Dragon proud of my death...

No horse rode up

No galliant steed

No hero with sword in hand

Nothing grand

No tears of remorse

No shattered heart

No pining.

My knight never noticed my dust.

He forgot the trust.

The Dragon burned me down.

The Dragon getting bored, flew abroad

and began anew.

The princess was wooed

The Dragon met his match.

That knight with sword the dragon he did scratch.

The Dragon fell over

He gasped

He died.

The princess became a bride

And my ashes love never met

Not yet....