The knight who curses his fate

Only fools try to understand destiny

Said the warrior as he knelt to the ground

Looking back he was fond of tales of gods and prophecies

And bitter about the fate that he never found

A warrior’s life might be short lived

If carelessness takes over the mind

As he embarks in his voyage , his heart seeking glory and fame

Unbeknownst to him the dangers that lurk ahead waiting for him to claim

A journey starts in the head, a thirst that longs to be satiated

To the heart weaving the threads of a passion so long awaited

In times of crisis the limbs become mere weapons that fend for his life

The extension of his core serve but one purpose always in overdrive

Driven by honor and passion, the warrior takes on the journey of a century

All in hopes of attaining that which will mark him down in the pages of history

Upholding his crest, marching forward unafraid

Slaying beasts of mankind and demons all with his holy blade

Tis I, who have come to your aid

Shouted the warrior overlooking a village by fear plagued

Fret not dear brethren, for I have come to rid you of your ravenous beast

I shall overthrow his kingdom and tonight in these halls we will feast

With a heart of a knight and a mind of a sage he crossed the fields

To the beast he went armed with hope, bravery, and with no physical shield

The knight thought a hero he was, caring not for the life he was about to forsake

As he stepped inside the cave, the walls of stone started to shake

Roars and screams that deafened the absolute silence that once was

Sent shivers and pain to the core of the man who claimed he had no flaws

There he was afraid and alone in the midst of a fight he chose to take on his own

The reckless knight standing small in front of the one and only devil’s throne

For days and nights, the villagers heard the screams and wailing of the reckless fool

Thinking the knight was long lost to the devil, eaten by the caves’s ghoul

Then one day, the man came out of the cave unscathed

If anything he looked by what he saw inside, amazed

The knight left the village without uttering a single word

Went back to his home and to live in isolation preferred

The knight was no more, he was but a shell of the hero he thought he once was

As the days went by he grew old, and the tale of the cave remains a story to be told.