I am the king’s most Noble knight Valiant, brave and always prepared to fight.
I am the knight in the silver armor
And that I have ever cried is a rumor.
I stand atop a stony castle
Wearing my boots with golden tassel
I hear a cry! The sound pierces through my soul.
I turn around and see; a lady was treated foul.
I rush towards her, and ordered the bloodthirsty
Guard to show some leniency.
I looked at the lady,
But I couldn’t look away.
Her deep green eyes captured me
Like the sun during the day.
All I knew of her was that she was Princess Reelika,
The only daughter of King Shulika.
After my king won the war with her kingdom,
She went underground, and lost all freedom.
Lately, she was charged of poisoning the king’s drink.
The guards caught her, and the guy didn’t even sleep a blink.
I am still bound by her deep green eyes,
Like a prisoner bound by frets and shackles.
Her innocence hurts me,
And I am forced to ask the guard for her release.
I take her to my house; give her shelter and food,
Weeks later, she starts regaining health and mood.
She has become an inseparable part of my life,
I wake up by her call, and sleep by her “Goodnight”.
I see her now, lying in the garden,
Her green eyes perfectly mixing with the green garden.
The woods of the trees look like
An extension to her long brown hair.
I see her now, seventy years after this incident.
Her brown hair has turned snowy white,
And her face distorted by wrinkles.
She looks at me
With her deep green eyes.
Even after 70 years of service,
I am destined to provide her more service.
-Chirag
