#armour
I spend my nights
In shining armour
To intently avoid
With ardour
Any hint or sniff
Of Love
I can’t allow it in
Because
If my nights are left
Wide open
My heart unguarded will
Be broken
So I spend my nights
In shining armour
Alone and safe
For ever after
Jul 4, 2024
Jul 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM UTC
Girls and ladies dream
Of and desire
A knight in shining armour,
Gallantry and bravery to
Sweep them from their feet
To a happily ever after,
But take it from
One who knows,
No knight that ever fought
For his lady
Had her back,
Has armour shining pure,
It takes sacrifice and
Mental melee - sometimes brutal
To maintain love in this desperate
War called life,
And no man did a hard day's work
Nor fought in war and
Came away unscathed and undirtied,
A true knight's armour,
Though burnished as best may be
And glittering in the sun
Has dents and gouges absent
In a woman's dreams,
Every mistake every failure
Shows in his history and
Cannot be polished out
But that he polishes what remains
Is testament to a true heart,
And a man worth keeping
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 30, 2023 at 4:54 PM UTC
Do you know that feeling?
Of deep certainty...
Knowing the truth in your bones.
It anchors you,
Grounds you to yourself.
You feel assured and confident
Of your choices and decisions...
I wish I could feel it again...
...
All hope is dead.
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021 at 3:01 PM UTC
Truly I have the will inside me
To push my chest out and bare my dignity
Like a thumping paw of an elephant
The sound of who I am beats the ground
Every thump like a chanting
Every chant like a battle-cry
Break their bones if they strike you
Their throws are soft and formless
A fog that poisons
You are protected by the bear in the woods
A massive presence of teeth and claw
Bear in mind
Conquering the battle is not complete without armour and sword
Use your sword with caution
Sparing them for when the season is ripe
Struck whence the shield lowered
You seek for bleeding
You seek for victory
Joy is in the skin scarred without fright
Victory is in the timing of each strike
The sword has discipline in its swift blow
Should not have trace of megalomania
Should win every ****** in order to teach
Lessons to heed the definition of honour
Two victors will defy the battle
When one wins on honour
If the other triumphs pride
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020 at 2:24 AM UTC
My pen is my shield,
and my words
my armour.
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 at 5:59 PM UTC
Looking for that thrilling chase,
Where knowledge is armour
And passion is sword,
Where bravery is known as 'explore'
May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020 at 11:24 AM UTC
Vulnerable group
With preoccupied mind
Who doesn't bother to
Wear Mask
Clean hands
Stay in distance
Holding
A morbid faith
In their thick brain
Either
Are the Superhumans
Or just an ignorants
Thank you
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 2:35 AM UTC
In the arena
she carried
all her failures
her misgivings and regrets
her empathy and pain
her madness, bitter and vain
As if they were battle scars
and she held them close, like armour
because she knew, that without them, she wouldn't exist
Feb 12, 2020
Feb 12, 2020 at 6:24 AM UTC
An old man stares at his suit of armour,
With the weight of the world
Upon his shoulders
Armour which at one time
He wore proudly,
Worn down by war and all its horrors
He had made a vow
To only dawn it,
In the darkest of hours
And as his world darkened
He emerged...
Ready to face whatever death conjures
Feb 5, 2020
Feb 5, 2020 at 2:06 PM UTC
It was just yesterday I revealed little of myself to you. Then again I changed within hours and discovered a little more of myself.
Standing in the mirror, the reflection and the light flicker. The candle flame added another warm shade as part of me fade away.
A plunge ahead comes with fall to follow, it is easy when we walk slow. The pace of my thoughts is lost, ahead of me in its exploration.
Someday there will be ease, hopefully with more of the inner peace. The sweater will keep me warm, my armour will save me from harm.
So open to the world and vulnerable for a second and more, shields up in moments later. Trust escapes and gets captured in a matter of time.
It is dizzy and not, words in world and too many thoughts. Aging but learning, drowning but burning, the ironies are shining bright.
Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 12:59 PM UTC
As my space shuttle touches down on earth’s familiar territory
I find I have become more alien than human
Through my journey in the seemingly infinite darkness
I recognize the faces of friends and family
As well as the landmarks of my childhood
However as I remove my helmet, the fresh air feels foreign in my lungs
A language barrier has also erected itself in my absence
My words only result in confused glances
An invisible forcefield thicker than the atmosphere prevents my meaning from landing
Silence has become my method of speech
My native tongue doesn’t rest comfortably between my teeth and lips anymore
I try to remove my bulky battle armour of glass and fabric
It has shielded me from the assault of emptiness
And the weapons of rock and ice that quietly aimed and fired at my heart
Cloaked in shadows and stillness
I find that it is more difficult to remove than I imagined
But I cannot truly return to where I belong until I let its weight fall from my shoulders
And so I must
The steadying anchor of gravity calls me home and I must obey
Aug 2, 2019
Aug 2, 2019 at 5:07 PM UTC
I put in my time and I paid the price,
I gained the honour to be your personal sacrifice.
I traded my last breath for your new beginning,
it wasn’t the alter I envisioned, but I still consider this winning.
I swear every single word up and down,
it was voluntary; you didn’t need to trap me.
You know I’d crush my structure to resist your frown,
and I’ll give anything to know I played a roll in making you happy.
I spoke the oath now do the deed,
to help your growth you know I’d bleed.
I swapped my last day for the first in your new life,
I apologize for bleeding while suggesting a better way for you to hold the knife.
I demolished my own walls for you to see open doors,
I’ll remain motionless, no need to strap me.
I always promised you that I’d gladly give my life for yours,
it would be worth it knowing I played a part in making you happy.
I reject my last rights and deny my last meal,
I ponder an anaesthetic but choose instead to feel.
And if you were to offer me a chance to leave and run,
I’d suggest the most dangerous game but I don’t have a gun.
Some would call me a down right fool,
and supportive well wishers would tell me I hold more worth than this.
But to assist in your desired creation; I’d be canvas, supply or tool,
to be responsible for that smile is the only thing that’s priceless.
After it all I’m reduced to dust and bone,
you’ll keep going on and I’m now put to rest.
But you know deep down you’re never alone,
you’ll still carry my heartbeat within your chest.
Jul 29, 2019
Jul 29, 2019 at 5:38 AM UTC
*
*
I watch you from afar
my greatest love in argent-kissed armour
He who dreamed of being greater than
a mere fighter, stronger that a solider,
wiser than the Kings who pass and come
He who is born with an angel's allure,
he who unites all from all walks of life
I feel your vesper gaze upon me,
ambitious, charming, wise and poignant
With a charisma, a light that outshines the
very sun, a heart warmer than gold
and softer than cotton.
I pray you will succeed
That you will find your way
For no matter how far you wonder,
and how I think of you in yonder
I know in my heart,
You will return to me once more...
*
*
Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 5:04 PM UTC
clatter in attic,
cloud army rehearses war dance;
cleans dusty armour!
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 5:21 AM UTC
I wish I'd said hello to you at the door,
Rather than wait for you atop a white horse, at the bottom of a tower.
I didn't recognise you.
I've only ever seen you in armour.
So that's what your face looks like underneath your helmet.
And your hair is curly
I never would've guessed.
I wanted to sing your praises
when you made my heart stop.
But all my wide eyes did
Was see you pass right through me,
Without so much as a glance.
Jun 16, 2018
Jun 16, 2018 at 1:28 PM UTC
Just because they
LOOK better doesn't mean they
ARE better.
They've only donned their
armour to hide their
demons BETTER.
Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 at 11:49 AM UTC
No, love.
I am not a knight in shining armour.
My armour is bent and dented and
cracked, and underneath it are cuts
and bruises and scars from the horrors
of countless battles I've seen, and
some of them almost did break me.
No, love.
I am not a knight in shining armour.
But if you'll have me,
I'm prepared to take a vow and swear
an oath of fealty and devotion and love.
You need only ask.
Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 at 8:03 PM UTC
I've been fighting so many battles...
My sword is weeping
My shield is dented
My armor bloodied
The magic in my eyes has long
since been robbed from me.
Though are I times I want to
roll over and die,
I don't...
One cannot be strong all the time
But I try not to let others see the chinks in my armor
Of my mind
Of my soul
Of my heart
I'm so tired...
But now, at least,
my heart is now accepting a concept I have always known.
I now sees that grave reality.
Dec 24, 2017
Dec 24, 2017 at 3:58 AM UTC
Wolf howls, wait and see
With love, the greatest armour
Rises from our souls
Nov 12, 2017
Nov 12, 2017 at 12:16 PM UTC
Covered in my shining armour,
carefully hiding all the love that I harbour.
Straight back, head always held high,
never showing them how hard I try.
Don’t offer a smile, they may not smile back.
It’s better to fake the strength that you lack.
Pushing away the dream of true love,
covering my heart like a hand in a glove.
“Resting ***** face”, “intimidatingly fierce”,
sunglasses covering all of my tears.
“You’ll be happy alone”, I tell myself,
dreams of marriage pushed back on the shelf.
But then how is it, in the end of the day,
when I lay down in bed, it’s of true love I pray.
When the armour comes off, and I’m true to my soul,
I feel something missing for me to be whole.
I stretch out my body, my muscles are sore.
Bruises and marks from the armour I wore.
Like light through a crystal, it all becomes clear,
my shining armour was created by fear.
What I thought was my helper, was always an enemy;
pushing potential soul mates far away from me.
Keeping me away from all that I wanted,
all caused by memories of which I am haunted.
“Strong independent woman”, “single by choice”,
most times I don’t even believe my own voice.
But at night without the armour, I see the true me;
my soul and my heart both rejoiced to be free.
It’s time to be brave, let them all see;
the love. the kindness. the vulnerability.
I’ll take off the armour, piece by piece, over time;
true strength comes from within, and I see this is mine.
Oct 18, 2017
Oct 18, 2017 at 8:58 AM UTC
I wear my skin like a black shining armour
protecting myself from the scars left by you not letting anyone see,
holding secrets within me
leaving your mind to wander,
masking my pain
to reveal a perfectly imperfect me!!
Jun 18, 2017
Jun 18, 2017 at 6:42 AM UTC
No armour made me feel strong,
until you
came along
and infused every
***** with staunch
and bold
and sun.
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017 at 9:51 PM UTC
As I hold my love
In my arms I breath
Easy smiling
At her holding
The woman I love
In my warm arms
She smiles and
Cuddles into
My me I whisper
Into her ear
Your my
Beautiful princess
She smiles
And whispers
Into my ear
Your my knight
And shining armour.
Nov 9, 2016
Nov 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM UTC