The raven and the soldier

by Paul Michael - Aries

1. 

Upon-Avon from where they rode
swelling in kind and glory.
Under cloak with dagger and worn steel
an acrid hymne belies their story.

Where cross and river trade their sides
the camp was raised for keep.
As leather strapped and one lay bare
to tell of what's to be. 

The oldest moon has set a-void
the hoarse raven was made to listen.
A path that trails among withered spikes
of betrayal and submission
is to be their grave descent. 


2. 

I trust my heels more than I do
pretending to be innocent.
In this I will not deign myself
of looking at my lefts and wrongs.

I shoulder these eyes. 

Them and us still raise the shields
but weapons dulled with defeat
are no match and of no use
against frothing piles of meat.

I front these eyes.

3. 

My wounds with marks of own hands
raise damp and smelling haze.
A fluttered sound breaks from the trees
and lands beneath my heels.
Its musing stare, a croak unfair
for death is at our feet.
Alone I'll meet his empty gaze
together we shall sleep 

4. 

Half thousand years did hid the earth
a thoughtful man his sleep.
Unroot did a passerby
his ultimate defeat. 


The Red Mount, King's Lynn, 1484 AD

Reason for writing:

    Unraveling the story behind the find.    

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2000-09-18 16:18:18
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:43
Poem ID: 57599

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