His Master's Sword by Iceshark39
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~His Master’s Sword~
So long by your side have I stood
Ennobled by your grace
Through many a battle lost and won
Through blood tides always changing
A fearless battle cry is called
And we, in turn, do answer
When ‘ere a challenge issued
Drew us to its cause
Through arrow hail and clash of sword
Through shields cracked and broken
Through hazy mist and misery
Have I borne you on my hide
I stood to shield you from the storm
And hail's biting sting
I've rallied your legions to you
When in the heat of battle
But battles turn, and tides withdrawn
As season press far onward
And even the most valiant brow
Must bow his head in sorrow
A hail of arrows, clash of swords
The unrelenting wave
But what wrenched you from my life that day
Will forever cloud my mind
That callous shot, by trusted hands
What lead you to your fall
And now alone stand I
At the battles morn
Borne upon your shield
Away from death and pain
Your sword my only marker
To your bitter passage
Fires burn out in the distance
As the battle rages on
But far removed
I stay my vigil as I was trained to do
A shining silver marker embedded in the earth
Is my appointed post
Keeping watch on my masters sword
Until he can reclaim it.
© 2007 J.S. McKellian
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Another of my own drawings...I hope you will continue to endure them for just a bit longer
This was drawn just last year, and thanks to my sweetie for letting me steal....er....BORROW, that's it, borrow, his sword design and provide the inspiration for this piece. ;-)
Comments (26)
SWard80
My all time favorite from your drawings, my love! A beautiful design throughout, and your poem still brings tears to my eyes everytime I read it.
Faemike55
Wonderful image and poem! Well done
myquad
Great drawing and such touching words!
Darkwish
I like this one! EXT! 5
DarkStormCrow
Very nice work, well done...
NekhbetSun
Endure? hardly, my dear :o) ....another awesome drawing !
magnus073
Stacey this is simply wonderful and really such a touching scene you have created. You really captured the emotion so well here which can be hard to do sometimes with animals.
gizmee
Nice drawing again!! You are very talented!! :)
schonee
Excellent!
lunchlady
Stunning drawing! Excellent !
wanderinglupa
SO cool..and I really like the poem!
Syltermermaid
A wonderful scetch and an even more wonderful poem!!! Marvelous work, you are very multi task!!! Absolutely georgeous!! Hugs Ute
nikita_s_cold
O, it's so sad. It reminds me of Becephalus, the fabled horse of King Alexander, although that story ends in reverse; it is Becephalus, mortally wounded, who leaves the battlefield so that Alexander will not be injured by his fall nor be placed in harms way. Once his master was safe, the great horse collapsed. On the spot Becephalus breathed his last, Alexander built a city in memory of his faithful steed. Yeah, I read encyclopedias. grin Wonderful poem and drawing. Do you take art classes? If you don't, you should. You should develop this talent. :)
Ionel
Nice work!!!
Richardphotos
outstanding horse and accessories
lorddarkwolf
coool!
zaqxsw
Excellent verse and image Stacey!
johnny_damnit
Nice drawing Stacey. Sad story. 5+++
ElusiveAngel
I can see you love horses, really a very touching poem and you have remarkable talents. Thanks for sharing. :)
dbyrd
Beautiful job!
kitzie21
What a great drawing!
skyla824
exquisite work....
junge1
Nice work!
Seaview123
Very well done! Great line art image, and your poem is epic and sad, too. Nice work!
brewgirlca
FANTASTIC. What an epic poem this is and the picture is a perfect end to it. You captured the emotion just perfectly both in verse and pic. So often we have pictures of animal companions being morned and so the reversals are always especially magical as animals so often mourn also but often we forget this.
helanker
Another lovely drawing. Well done and I like the poem too.