Your fair lady

"Your fair lady"

You are the avenger of your desolate past
waiting for the dust to settle,
those once sturdy bones of yours
are brittle and they bend
is it for your own security?
I watched as the pigments on your skin changed
from a tarnished red to light pink
the scars from dragons you've slain,
and yet
no princess was saved
no victory portrayed
perhaps the demons that inhibit you
should be tamed
before tending to helpless maidens,
and by chance
ego bruising or nobility gaining
a fair lady could save you?
                       -J. Lajoie