The Knight and the Elder Beast

A poem written with the mindset of "I want to write a poem that could double as a really dumb but also awesome fantasy metal song."

The lonely knight was travelling, upon the ancient road,
Blackened by the midnight, by the northern winds made cold.
His solitary companion was a silver forged sword,
As untested and as restless as his young and eager soul.

He came upon a town, and saw the wretched sight
Of townsfolk lying in the streets, their lives taken in the night.
Their bodies ripped and torn to shreds, and bleeding head to toe,
And the knight saw there before him his unearthly foe.

The Elder beast merely glared at his newly come foe,
Glared with a stare that could petrify the soul.
With teeth like a monster shark, and body of a bat
The knight knew that to kill the beast was the only choice he had.

The beast leapt into battle, with a roar that came from Hell,
This weakling before me, it though, will be no chore to fell.
"Beast," cried the defiant knight, "I've never faced the likes of you,
But I will end your reign of terror, my word as a knight be true."

He drew his blade and swung but the beast was much too fast,
And from it's terrifying maw seemed to come a fiery blast.
Claw and tooth clashed blade and armor, sparks flew in the night,
And there lasted to the break of dawn one mad hell of a fight.


But as the rising sun had broke the darkness, the surviving townsfolk rose,
From their shelters to see the aftermath of this mighty clash of foes.
They saw there in the early glow, of the newly arriving dawn,
A young knight with the head of the beast in hand, it's grip of terror gone.

As the knight looked at the aftermath of his first kill,
He knew that even after rest, he would have to wander still.
Though in beating the evil beast, he had only past a test,
To serve as a mere footnote... in a much greater quest.

Author's Note

Was it awesome? Was it stupid? Was it a little bit of both? Please let me know if you enjoyed this little slice of madness.

Also, I wrote this on a phone with a small keypad in under an hour, so if there are any misspellings... yeah, that's why.