Martyr’s Ode

By: Curiosity

The pen immortalizes hate
Severing strings misguiding fate
Unlike wells that dry up of drink
Words draw from wells of bitter ink
The paladin’s blade yields to rust
Oath forfeit in undying lust
Doubt eternally dubs this knight
Pen and sword together have might
Valiant tales eclipsed by neglect
Stolen from statues unerect
A hero stripped of stories dies
Yet fiends bask in echoing lies
Hate and heat lead the lost astray
Light reveals what shadows betray
Free martyr of crimes forged to frame
Key forged in forgotten name