steadfast chestplate

arqios


Notice of absence from arqios
Physically present, the rest may be somewhere altogether…

toy soldier,
all for her
steadfast,

forever--

except for
one glaring
clerical error:

her tin heart
beats for another
toying; callous

sends him off

to slaughter; a
battler with no
shield or armour.




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  • Author: crypticbard (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 31st, 2022 20:32
  • Comment from author about the poem: Heartbreak is not the most desirable state to be in. And in times like that it's sometimes best to simply soldier on against the flooding rage of despair.
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • orchidee

    You got that 'breastplate of righteousness' on in that spiritual battle, or spiritual warfare?!
    Is there anything to protect our teef (teeth) in battle?
    If you answer, you'll be drawn into Teddy and my nuttiness about teef. lol.

    • arqios

      silicon mouthguard over a medieval ventail (visor and mouth-chin guard)

      • orchidee

        Your teef OK? They false? Teddy can't find her teef sometimes, to say some of my poem titles, with my alliterations often. lol.

        • arqios

          Missing 2 orchi, but not the front ones. So can't sing it like all I want for Chwithmath ith my 2 fwont teef.

          • orchidee

            It's tricky to know - if one says 'yeeshhh' and similar things, if one has forgotten their teef, or if they're on the gin. lol.



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