To Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstein
Do you think a leopard
Can change his spots
While using the stars
To connect the dots.
Chase after windmills
Without a plan?
Better a silly boy with flowers
Instead of sticks in hand
Change your stars and spots, I say
Unless ephemeral dreams evanesce away.
Cling tight to the etherized gas
That slinks yellowly by the window pane,
Through crowded supermarkets and
Across faded leaves of grass
Before it is gone, and never again.
If a knightly leopard holds flowers in his hands
And talks anahata to the anteloping moirae
Then yes
A leopard can change his spots
Change his stars
Change his lot
To live as he pleases
Amongst glittering dots.
Esmerelda Darkeagle
30 August, 2011
i only read the first paragraph and loved it already – am i right to think to took inspiration from the film “a knights tale”?
continued reading and it was lovely “change his stars,change his lot”
was always told i had a good vocabulary but you my friend put mine to shame
a wonderful poem!
( didnt notice you were on a different blog site to me or id follow u, i write poetry too, although i think not quite as beautiful as you , i shall have to up my game! truely inspired!)
Patrique Vosges
22 September, 2011
You are correct. I had it playing in the background while writing, and his quote about changing one’s stars stuck with me. Thank you for the beautiful comment.