Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Humbled

A guardsman is garbed in gold greaves
Immune to resentment or wrath
Another, with more swarthy leaves
Stands watch at the end of the path

And ivy is fetching, mid-flush
A bit winded from climbing the wall
Though seasoned, she still tends to blush
Nonplussed by the oncoming fall.

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