armour

when you look in the mirror
do you see armour
dented
and rusted
and worn?

and do you wonder
how
those white knights
on valiant horses
keep their armour
so clean?

but truthfully
I prefer the rust
and the dents

because I know then
that you’ve been tested
and won

you earned your armour
earned every dent
the shine has gone
but the Honor
remains
and grows

white knights are the foolish dream
of children
little girls who
know no better

I stand before you
woman
and tell you that
You
are the reward of patience

your armour,
my Knight,
had been tested
by battle
by doubt
and heartache
and tribulation

and you have
overcome

so take my hand
no fairytale princess I,
and let us go from here
knowing that the folly of children
is unfilfilling

and the rewards
of patience
of heartache
of growth
and birth
and life

have come to
Us,
at last.


2/4/2014