To Kay From Vonne (1989)
Written for a co-worker who
was battling cancer, and who eventually perished from it
i believe in such things as
knights of today,
fortitude, good will and faith,
no dragons have been slain
for such hommage,
instead the joust lay between
invisible foes
the castle has returned to
the fairytale,
while racing into daybreak
i shout--
"i have found a knight of today!"
with a few puzzled glances
from passers-by
we think of knights as staying
in our childhood,
wrapped up in an ancient story,
cloaked in ideals no longer
worn well--
time having made no delivery
to our day
yet our childhood has helped
us win our present,
and our swords are drawn for
battle,
while fear stands equally for
all,
in the end only a knight can
triumph
* *
*
iif
i walk to the only castle since remembered,
with the towers so high on
the hill,
i can still peer through the
darkened chambers
and see the knight stepping
into armour once more
*****
The Poetry of Vonne Barnett
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