“The Rise and Fall of a New Camelot”Your kingdom built upon the power of belief in purity of soul and mindwith justice impartial and truly blindreaching toward the highest good, becausewhat mattered most was everyone believedwithout limit, what human might achieveddid reality matter or the dreamof a better world where your lady’s trueand your best friend lies not with her to you?your faith in their basic decency mortar enough to build a better world,yet not enough to keep it --once the dreamproves wishful thinking --Camelot, perched upon clouds with linings of silver and gold, its heavy bricks come crashing down to crush us all beneath their weight yet for a time, the vision WAS enoughLet's build that better worldnot founded on cumulus clouds of unblemished white like newfallen snow we fashion into images of our own making, but with foundation deep and stronggrounded enough to survive the harshest quakes, with lightning rods and thick walls to withstand the most bitter tempests,tall enough to shelter against malignant waves that churn like tsunamis to batter buildings, threaten to drown us,numb us beneath their deluge trapped alone with all our doubts with all our fearsBut high above leave window enoughso when the storm clearsit lets in the lightso when the storm clearswe see the dove, thin green leaves of the olive branch gripped within its beak, so we may stillat least try to escape outdoorsto a once-more world of wind and sun to escape our drying refugeto try againso we may rise once moreon firmer footing than beforeonce the waters recedethe earth beneath our feet becomes mudwe must tread with caremindful of each treacherous stepfor some stains tarnisheven the best armorsome stains never come outwe know the storm will passas all storms mustwhether or not wesurvive * *Thankyou for visiting my blog. More of my writing can be found on my Patreon . Stay safe, be kind, and read often!

**Inspired by Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (a poetry collection of tales of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table).

*image “ Stormy Ocean ,” courtesy of George Hodan via Public Domain license and PublicDomainPictures.net