I tempted the Muse this day, asking for the gift of song. She did tease me greatly but in the end gifted me this small bit.
I come to lay mine effort before you, to be judge according to merit. And thus invite comment and critic.

In Service to the Dream,

Francois Gaston d'Avignon


The Horseman

by Francois

War is my companion

A good and faithful steed.

He takes me into battle

And there its him I feed

Upon the blood of lesser men

Who cannot ride to War

Upon the souls of Noble men

I have never met before.

Crying

War, War, Mother to us all.

War, War, Hear the Battle call.

And of those that answered

Many now are dead.

Their shields and bones upon the field

Their blood is running red

on the ground

And when the day is ended

His feeding done at last

The beating of his mighty hooves

Killing all the last

Of men who should have stayed at home

Of men who shouldn't die

Of men whose wives will weep alone

While children starve and die.

Feeding

War, War, Mother to us all.

War, War, Hear the Battle call.

And of those that answered

Many now are dead.

Their shields and bones upon the field

Their blood is running red

on the ground

Of those that fell this day

I envy one and all

For cursed I am to ride this horse

To fight and never fall

I rode it into Carthage

And then again to Rome

And every other city

And every other home

touched by

War, War, Mother to us all.

War, War, Damn that Battle call.

And of those that answer

Already they are dead.

Their shields and bones upon the field

Their blood will run red

Feeding War.

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