"THE FORT"
OF A
TRUE STORY - IT DOES TELL
SCROLLS HANDWRITTEN - BY GABRIELLE
XENA WAS FISHING - AT THE RIVER
WHEN SHE FELT - A TERRIBLE SHIVER
SUDDENLY HORDE - THEY DID ATTACK
HURRY DOWNSTREAM - AND WATCH YOUR BACK
WE RUSHED FOR SAFETY - INTO A FORT
THE REMAINING MEN - GAVE THEIR REPORT
THOSE THAT WERE LEFT - COULD BARELY COPE
AND WE BECAME - THEIR ONLY HOPE
WE ALL DID FOLLOW - BY HER RULE
EVEN THOUGH THINKING - IT QUITE CRUEL
THE DEAD MEN WERE TIED - TO THE WALL
HOPING FOR A LITTLE - MORE TIME TO STALL
FOR THE INJURED ONES - STILL ALIVE TODAY
ALL I COULD DO - FOR THEM IS PRAY
IN BATTLE AGAIN - WE DID ENGAGE
A WORTHY CAPTIVE - WE TOOK AT THIS STAGE
OF A CODE OF HONOR - WE DID LEARN
THE CAPTIVE RELEASED - KNOWING HE'D RETURN
A TRUCE WAS MADE - FROM THE SLAUGHTER
BY OFFERING DYING ENEMIES - A DRINK OF WATER
THE HORDE DID RETURN - IN FULL FORCE
THE CHALLENGE WAS MADE - TO RUN IT'S COURSE
THE WARRIOR'S CODE - HAD PAVED THE WAY
ONLY THE LEADERS - WOULD FIGHT THIS DAY
XENA WAS CHOSEN - TO FIGHT THEIR CHIEF
AS WE STOOD BY WATCHING - IN DISBELIEF
SHE LEFT HIM ALIVE - AND TURNED HER BACK
KNOWING THAT HE - COULD STILL MOUNT ATTACK
BY THIS ACT - THE CHIEF DISGRACED
HORDE THEY TOOK HIM - LAID HIM WASTE
by The
Countess ( countessshefluffster@yahoo.com
)