The Lotus Eaters Forum EX#12: Riddles

I am writing an exercise influenced by what I am reading right now. The Anglo-Saxons wrote riddles, often from an inanimate object's point of view. Write in a similar vein, though don't feel you have to write of something from the Middle Ages. Here's an example of an Anglo-Saxon poem:

Taken from Riddle 5 (Shield) of the Exeter Book

I am one of my own, wounded by weapon of iron, scarred by sword, wearied from the actions of the fray, exhausted from the edges of the blade. Often I see battle and fight the foe. The consolation that relief from the toil of war shall come to me before I am completely done for amongst men, I do not expect....

As you can see, it is interesting in its reflection of a person's condition.

Incidentally, I only began my epic for the last exercise, the story of a hero, Wulfdown, as he fights against Obesity, but it will take some time before I could finish it.