TWO THOUSAND KNIGHTS is a poem/Tribute to all those looking for love...at a certain age - or maybe at all ages...how am I to know?....one woman's view of the Dating Game, then...at any age - of a certain age....

TWO THOUSAND KNIGHTS

two thousand Knights
riding by
all a-clatter and a-clinking
armors sturdy and secure
at the ready
for the battles of
love and
glory

two hundred and more
wink just at Me in passing
only a handful
make eye contact
it may have been
just smoke
and mirrors

they are all
to a man
lonely for
one
intelligent
slim
honest
level-headed
financially independent
fit
good-looking
usually younger
preferably adoring
woman

with no baggage
to speak of
possibly
no past at all
fresh
as a virgin
yet
experienced
in the ways
of
love

who will
naturally
love them
exactly as they are
and will
laugh
at all of their jokes
honestly
not just
to please
who will cook great things
think great things
sing great things
do great things

all
for
their
knightly
selves

how can they tell
in one wink
which lady that
would be?

just how
can any of us
tell
which love that
would be?

two thousand Knights
ride by - banners waving

victory is theirs

they lower their arms

curl up in our arms

and sleep
knightly sleeps

with dreams

of love

of glory