Renunciation
Mary Soon Lee
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| "Sword" Watercolor & Ink on Paper By J. Artemus Gordon |
to see the young girl
pull the sword from the rock,
the iron grip sure in her hand
as if she were trained to it.
No one but sparrows
to hear the blade whisper,
promising glory, a throne,
that armored warriors
would fall to her in battle.
No one but sparrows
to witness her temptation,
that momentary hesitation
before she set the sword
back in the stone.
Poet's Notes: I often write a group of poems around a common theme, and, late last year, I wrote several Arthurian poems. I wrote poems about Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Arthur's soldiers, even Arthur's dog. Then I strayed further from the familiar legends, wondering what might have happened if someone else had pulled the sword from the stone.
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