The Circle & The Sword
Confined to bed drawing up military plans
Once a sickly child now a sickly man
Tuberculosis without neurosis
Dancing while sitting in a chair
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Travelled to Algiers to spend a year
An adventurer’s heart from the start
But the man in disguise did surmise
Unrequited love was a more terrible fate
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(Oh but then came the week not for the meek)
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Jewel ringed hand and majestic sword
Dressed for the occasion without persuasion
He had more courage on the tip of his finger
Than all commandants put together
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An unusual sight for a so called felon
But such is the nature of rebellion
And being on his way to heaven
At the end of that week not for the meek.
⏩ Gowain McKenna is a Belfast born engineer and musician. He has an M.Phil, MS.c and B.Eng in Aerospace Engineering, but has somehow found himself working in the marine industry in Co. Donegal Ireland, the place from which he now calls home. Visit his website.
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