by Ben W. – 8th Grade
Glinting in the sun a knight dressed in armor of gray
Upon his right shoulder did a giant ax lay
2 more sat beside him not a word did they say
“Please do not go, oh I beg that you stay!”
The woman said, finding her voice
“Ah” said the knight “alas I don’t have the choice.”
And with that he left, no more was said
They knew he would not make it, He was already dead!
He walked until the sky turned from bright blue to dark black
Then he continued on walking not once looking back
As he finally came to the great forest where the beast did lay
he held his ax high and bellowed “Beast I declare a duel to the death on this day!”
But quiet and peaceful the forest did remain
So onward he walked in search of the creatures domain
Buried deep in the woods he found the creatures huge cave
As he entered in darkness was he bathed
So he took out his bow and a large piece of wood
After he started a fire motionless he stood
By the light of the flame he could plainly see
Every gruesome feature of this monstrosity
Horns on its head, spines on its back
4 spikes on its tail and claws of pitch black
but as for its eyes, those where closed tight
he chuckled to himself as he raised up his ax, “Well monster goodnight”
and with that he came down with his ax on the sleeping beasts head
but only then did he notice as the poor beast lay dead
that in that cave there were more than he and the poor beast now dead
two smaller beasts nestled to their mother, asleep in their bed
right about then the smaller two woke; as they saw their mother they wailed
as the knight saw the two he knew he must kill them or his mission would be failed
but alas that knight he did not have the heart
as he looked at the two he knew he had become the thing he set out to kill from the start
they were not monsters and they were not beasts
they were a family and he took out the most important piece
so as he turned to leave a sad, sad look in his eye
for a family not unlike his a tear did he cry.
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