Rescued by moonlight
\nby cricketjeff on November 1, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\n[Rear view of a lady in a beautiful dress gazing at the moon]<\/p>\n
The castle walls are old and cold and hold me fast inside
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The King will not permit our wedding banns
\nWhen we first met I knew that you were not to be denied
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And now I am a part of all your plans
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I’m held against my will but not by you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I’m waiting for the thrill of what you’ll do<\/p>\n
The band of knights who flew to you were braver than the best
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The King will have to worry where they are
\nThe hard stone walls that hold his gold were built for such a test
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But can they stand against your rising star
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The tension in my heart begins to rise
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The battle will unfold before my eyes<\/p>\n
The banner of each knight so bright unfurls to ride the breeze
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The King has all his archers at the walls
\nDefence will stand and I will sigh I’ve lost you with such ease
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As men obey the urgent trumpet calls
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The King was not dismayed he’d have to fight
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He knew his castle proof against a knight<\/p>\n
A sorcerer has ways and plays unknown to normal fools
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Knights are there to hold the regal gaze
\nThen you appear before my door immune to all the rules
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your dark green eyes are certain to amaze
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A finger to your lips to still my shout
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And I can see that you will get me out<\/p>\n
The moon shines down so bright tonight above the battlefields
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You start to mutter words of hidden power
\nStone steps appear from streams of beams the silver moonlight yields
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We walk above the castle for an hour
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The knights below make show of all their arms
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We spring the trap aloft on magic charms<\/p>\n
Before the gates so vast at last you stand on steps of light
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your voice is loud directed at the King
\n“Illegal power so small shall fall now tremble in your might
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You’ll rant and rail but cannot do a thing
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 My powers can only function for the good
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And I’ll restore all freedoms as I should”<\/p>\n
The castle walls now quake and shake the moon can hear each word
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 She reaches down and plucks away the stones
\nThe soldiers of the King now spring their cause is too absurd
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Their battle cries are turned to frightened moans
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The castle simply melts into the dust
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The King is left unshielded from the just<\/p>\n
In ancient times such needs and deeds were met with magic’s shield
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But now we have to face them on our own
\nThe modern man can learn and earn and keep his freedoms steeled
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And should not have to fight for right alone
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The moon brought me my brightly shining knight
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But you must look to other ways to fight<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nThe image is
\nCry_for_the_Moon_-_by_Khimaereus_at_deviantart.com<\/p>\n
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