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Open Poetry #47

Soft Spoken Warrior

Donovan Callinan
Junior Member

since 2010-08-01

Posts 37
Omaha, Nebraska U.S.

0 posted 2012-01-09 03:18 AM

Been a while since I posted

The Soft Spoken Warrior

From the darkness came,
The knight without station,
A soldier without name.
His armor sheaths of revelation,
His blade the soothsayer sword.
Principle and evenhandedness his guide,
The desperate and the despairing his ward.
Towards which no injury would he abide.
He brought peace to the people of the lands,
Through the exertion of his soul,
And the work of his hands.
All he encountered he did console.
Then the high shadow men did come,
With iniquitous volition,
Towards the warrior of the slum.
His down fall was their unqualified ambition,
for he committed slight against them.
He threatened their station and worth.
And so they did condemn,
The warrior who dared pacify the earth.
The soldier might have destroyed with relieve,
If it would not have negated all he had set to achieve.
So to his enemies he loved too much to fight,
He laid down his armor and made forfeit his might.
And in soft spoken voice he pleaded.
“Hate me if you need to, but love everyone else.
Fight me if you must, if only to make peace with yourself.”

From the Desk of Donovan

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2012-01-09 05:51 AM

Very profound poetic offering. Thought provoking. Well written.

Margherita

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-01-09 06:03 AM

Dream on, my friend, dream on. Nicely written poem with thoughts of grandeur.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

3 posted 2012-01-09 06:41 AM

I like this, a great deal. It reminds me of the books that I so enjoy reading. Would that people were a little more soft-spoken and strong of character; the world would be better for it.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2012-01-09 08:42 AM

Oh,I love this, Donovan. He is almost Christ-like, your soft-spoken warrior.

Owl

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