"The Sword Quest" (standard:poetry, 353 words)
Author: Lael Stalnaker	Added: Mar 23 2001	Views/Reads: 3485/1933	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I wanted to see if I could sustain a longer poem. It is distinctly fantasy, but could apply to any age in history, especially in a culture that is musically oriented.

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That had started him 

On his quest for the sword. 

In everyone's life 

There must be the hope 

For something better; 

With all of the pain and suffering 

Hope must be reborn. 

The song gave back 

All it had to give 

By lighting the fires 

Of a boy's imagination. 

With these thoughts 

Came a wonderous change 

The boy became a man, 

He had grown 

In strength and wisdom and in years; 

He became the best he could be. 

Done with thinking 

He rose to his feet 

And put aside his quest, 

For he had found his sword 

In the forge of his own heart. 

He returned home 

To raise a family, 

Now content within himself. 

In later years he smiled a secret smile 

As he watched his son listen 

With wide eyed wonder 

To the same song, 

That in time past, 

Had sent him on a long journey. 

These words were spoken 

At the song's end; 

"Sometimes the Looking 

Is more important 

Than the Finding." 


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