A dark silhouette appeared crossing the skyline

Sporting strange glowing fur inlaid with a gold shine

Strikingly scorched face that was cold and dark and fine

Stampeding on all fours like a mammoth bovine

An ancient enemy coming to steal one’s soul

And if it be possible swallow someone whole

He had been vanquished before and dropped in a hole

Brazenly returning focused on his new goal

A lookout manning his post discovered this sight

Catching him by surprising it gave him a fright

To sound the alarm was the duty of this Knight

But cowering he hid afraid of the beast’s bite

The city watch guarding from their post at the gate

As the creature didn't waver but cut a path straight

Barreling toward them like a train full of freight

They deserted their post sealing the people's fate

Entering the beast sauntered toward the town square

Abandoned the villagers didn't have a prayer

Milling about blinded to this waking nightmare

Happily the creature growled giving them a scare

Reveling the monster gave a snarl and a snort

Continuing his trek toward the royal court

Finding the king surrounded by a guarded fort

Surprisingly the beast's mission none could abort

His highness grabbed his sword and readied for a fight

At once a man appeared from somewhere out of sight

Clothed in armor brandishing a shield like a knight

Drawing his blade before the beast ready to smite

Roaring the fiend struck fear in the heart of many

Undaunted the man advanced all the more ready

Lunging at the beast while keeping his shield steady

Striking like a man whose skill was legendary

For the first time since appearing the beast was scared

Advancing the man's intentions soundly declared

Retreating the creature stumbled as his eyes flared

Relentlessly the man pressed not a moment spared

Strike by strike blow by blow the man pressed an advance

Falling back the beast seemed almost lost in a trance

Having given not mind to a defensive stance

As so sure was he that the king didn't have a chance

Assuredly the king had fore thought of a plan

One that repelled an attack when most would have ran

One that had included this little known fierce man

Who was driving this beast back to where he began

Passing through the gate the man and beast still entwined

The man constantly striking pressing the hardline

The creature refusing to concede or resign

The last blow sent the beast back over the skyline

The people completely shocked at all they had eyed

How one man could so valiantly alter the tide

Who was this man who saved us the villagers pried

I am just a servant of the king he replied

– Written while learning about an armor bearer and how they are to serve the king on June 19, 2018