Road to Ruin

[Kikuyu_Black_Paws]

The knight sat upon his steed,

He felt no ounce of greed,

No pain, no tears, no love, no fears,

No need to cry or flee.

 

The wind moved through his ragged hair,

He matched the moon with stare for stare,

And though the stars remained so far,

He wished that they were closer there.

 

His horse snorted mist with a huff,

And nibbled the moss and other stuff,

He shook his mane again and again,

To try and shake the sadness off.

 

The knight urged his steed ahead,

Without concern for living or dead,

They clattered and shook with each step that they took,

And it seemed that it was the horse who led.

 

That same knight who followed the stars,

Followed the gleams of Jupiter, Mars,

Continued his way, day after day,

Traveling leagues and countries far.

 

He faded away from life and sound,

His eyes fixed above, and not on the ground,

The horse walked alone, with naught but the stones,

For the knight was ne'er to be found.