Monday, 16 April 2012

Hunt, day 16


Hunt.
What surprises are there in days to come?
Where there be dragons, unmapped, dangerous.
Centaurs guarding ways into a maze,
A mead hall where warriors meet and drink.

For gold and honour they will do my work,
No fear of dark or underworld for them,
They raise torches guttering in shadows,
Show me the murky corners, lurking
Laugh at my queasiness at what they find,
Permit my writing, the tearing up of books.

They’ve no need to understand but carry on,
Soldiers for the crown a day, bought cheap,
Uncaring what the expedition means
Its end? A day’s grub. Silver. My stories.

2 comments:

Damp incendiary device said...

Going to some dark corners are we? This is what a month of writing poetry does to the psyche...

David said...

Twitch.