Knight Errant

Vivaldo asked Don Quixote what made him travel thus armed in so peaceful a country. To which the knight replied: "The exercise of my profession does not allow or permit me to ride in any other fashion. Ease luxury, and repose were invented for courtiers; but labour, unease, and arms alone were designed and made for those whom the world calls knights errant, of whose number, though unworthy, I am the very least." -- Cervantes, Don Quixote.

Knight Errant


With makeshift sword
I seek beauty
Truth, adventure
And fair damsels
In dire distress.

Without a steed
Or a sidekick
I take a bus
And head for parts
Wild and unknown.

I travel far
To fulfill the
Obligations
Demanded of
A knight errant.

I seek acts of
Heroism
And chivalry
To justify
This noble rank.

Danger may lurk
Around each curve,
At each truck stop;
I'm vigilant,
Always on guard.

Alas, this day
No wrongs to right,
Damsels to save;
Perhaps, tomorrow
I shall conquer.