The King's bane

 
  The First of the last        
  The old ways over so fast
  Decadence and cruelty galore
  The Duke betrays the throne

  Vain and misery surpass
  All that is held true and holy
  Now that the duke commits wholly
  To his fateful folly

  The King is filled with rage
  He orders his troops to act
  Elusive of the fact
  That the Duke made a pact
  With the tyrant ashore

  The day has come to meet this faithful 
   horde
  A day no man would ever be bored
  To hear the stories that will be told
  The saga of the days of old

  To meet with fruition
  To end his dereliction
  Men March across the river
  Cold-Bitten hearts shiver

  Gallantry and knighthood
  Won't meet eye to eye
  On this battlefront
  On this tattered field

  Fear prevails over the hearts of men
  Terror strikes but won't know when
  The Flank looks lean
  King hopes for his slate wiped clean

  The Tyrant arrives
  All sign of merry
  Dies with fury

  Resounding Fear
  Grips the fair
  'Men! Watch the Flank!'
  King says as his heart sank
  At the sight of the horde
  Numerous abodes

  Across the field
  The Duke grips his shield
  'What insolence have I wrought?'
  The Duke's frail thought
  Betrayed his urgency
  In fighting for this insurgency

  Dawn came
  Without a sigh,they raised their name
  The Duke's men held their frame

  The battlefield was calm
  Nary a whisper nor a sound
  'Ominous , I dare say '
  Said the King 's minister as he entered  
  the fray
  'Silence shall not unnerve me' 
  The King said boldly

  'What art thou planning?'
  The Duke said to himself
  The General came by his side
  To answer the Duke's call
  'General, rally the men! We leave in five'
  'So shall it  be ' replied he

  The King thought loud and clear
  He had to make a move
  To seal the victory he craves
  So he ordered
  His men to move forward
 
  Noon arrived
  Villainous forces at play
  Footsteps beat the broken clay
  Steel met Steel as the Battle dragged on
  The Tyrant's men on one flank
  The Duke's horses in  another
  Surrounded the King's men
  And forced them to heel

  The Duke met the King
  Face to face

  'Betrayer! Defiler'
  'I shall end your oppression'
  The Duke forced the King to submission
  And with one fell swoop
  The Duke cleaved the King's head in two

  And now the reign ends
  And now his began
  And with great empathy
  Reduced the King's Tyranny
  Over the people
  And O' Did he succeed
  In his quest to bring mercy Mercy
  And to end the King's Heresy

  Now renowned and venerated
  The Duke's days were fated
  And O' there he lies
  The Duke, Now renowned forever
  In the hearts of the people forever
  The there ends the reign
  Of the Duke, King ' The Great'

       
 - Nikhil K