The lady and the knight

A Poem by Raunaq Sarcar

A heart-touching story of unfulfilled love.

The daughter of the generous lord,
is a lady pretty and kind.
The daughter of the mighty lord,
is a person hard to find.

She has friends numbering in thousands,
some are black, while some are white.
And one such friend is a person,
who is one of the king's knight.

Be it war or be it peace,
the knight would stay in touch with her.
And when there was a crease in between,
he would always convince her.

The lady considered him to be sweet,
and as gentle as a dove.
But till when could he be content with it,
so soon his friendship turned into love.

He told the lady all about,
the feelings that his heart bore.
But she didn't say yes or no,
instead her happy nature turned sore.

Her answer was no all along,
but she couldn't let the knight know.
Because she feared that his fragile heart,
might just break into two.

With hope he daily wrote her letters,
asking for her approval.
Then one fine day, one such letter,
reached the lord instead of the daughter.

The lady cried and plead for the knight,
but with the lord's wrath those were met.
For loving someone of a higher social status,
the knight was sentenced to death.

With the lady's name on his lips,
he bravely walked towards the guillotine.
He wanted to see her one final time,
but nowhere was his beloved seen.

His head was placed on the slab,
the blade was ready to rip.
It was then that he saw his love,
and a content smile crossed his lips.

In the final moments of his life,
he did not think about his teen.
Instead he thought of his lady,
before the drop of the guillotine.