A poem

[dark_knight]

As I look the path I've walked,
through the marshes, through the dead wood,
many enemies there stalked,
Fueling my hatred, giving it food
But now it is time to do some good.

I am a knight,
black as the night,
at the dark solicity of my northern residence,
I decide to fight,
and the future will be bright

Road ahead opens before me,
as I take my steps and draw close,
to the place so divine,
the Golden Halls of the angels,
And my inner redemption

All is not clear,
But I do not fear,
I gird my sword,
and pronounce a fierce word,
love me bitterly

And for thee, Lady,
You are the Mistress of my dreams,
your eyes are in the dark like beams,
But not all is what it seems,
But fearless heart all redeems

Your fallen knight

[Danage]

Very good. Your English is very good as well, especially for you to write such a poem. I'm British, an English speaker, and yet I couldn't write something quite so good as this.

Well done.

[dark_knight]

Thank you very much!

I have much more these in english. Maybe I'll post them some day.
My english was reasonably fluent when I turned twelve years old. Then I could watch tv-programs with no finnish subtitling and understand literally everything.
My only lack is that when I have to discuss in english, my vocabularity shrinks a bit because there is shorter delay in giving an answer.

-Henrik

[Danage]

Your English vocabulary shrinking is normal. I can speak French, although nowhere near as fluent as you can speak English, but my French suffers when it is spoken as well.

English, with all her words and numerous dialects (e.g. UK English, US English, Brummie) and pronounciations (e.g. Glass can be pronounced 'glar-s' or 'glas'), is the most complex and difficult language in the world to understand, and, to be honest with you, the way my generation generally uses English is to punctuate their sentences with 'um', 'whatever' and swear words galore. You may not have English as your mother tongue but compared to a great many English speakers of the UK your English is top-notch.

[Postulare42]

Very nice. The gravest battles are those in which no weapons or wounds can be seen.

[Postulare42]

A poetry/hymn topic would be a very good idea. History of..., Favorites, New Compositions, Discussion of theology in..., etc.

[Matt2817]

Dear Henrik, grace and peace be with you!

Thank you for sharing your poem.

There is much to be written about how poetry gives itself to devotion. From the Psalms of the Hebrew Scripture to the modern spirituals of "Christian popular hymns" each have their place within the contemporary canon of divine expressions of homage and praise and lamentation.

We do well to plumb these depths of our being and arise with a precious pearl that we can offer up in sacrifice of joy or despair! Both are equal in our journey. You have done well in relating to us the height and depth of this modern psalm.

I hope that you share more of what you have written by way of poetry.

In blessing, bless

Wayne Matthew Mari