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A Knight

Matthew Thomas 1976 (Adelaide)

A Knight

My brother my best friend
We been travelling round the same old bend
When will this train arrive at the station
No leave and no vacation
Can you hear the whistle of a lonely bird
The first, the second and the third
Everywhere I look I see your face
The shadow behind me in it’s place
Far beyond I heard your cry
Every whisper and every sigh
We sailed the seas
Sometimes without a breeze
The storm shows little mercy
Relentless and always thirsty
A knight holding a lance
Forever young without a glance...

Matt Thomas
8/10/2022

About this poem

I wrote this poem the day after I learned of my brother's death

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Written on August 10, 2022

Submitted by matthewthomas76 on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 539
Words 102
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 2
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