Dragon Slayer Poem by Barry Middleton

before the closing act is done
and if a crowning wish is won

before the utmost prayer I pray
just one more dragon might I slay

and save a lady in distress
perhaps to win a brief caress

for what is all of life about
unless a man can have some clout

and yet in age the sword must fail
and knightly muscles must grow frail

desire forever knows no bounds
and so with memory's arms surrounds

her beauty for a dreamer's sleep
distinctly I forever keep

till dragons find eternal rest
and knights all end their final quest