Dear Leonitis,
had I naught draught(drawn)upon your companionship
would tis have occured?
Ahhh...but the ale we consumed
thought bitter can not measure to the
bitter pill I now swallow
As lads in His Majesty's Armed Force
my Darling fere(friend) we capitulated to the fears
of innocence being consumed by the thresher
Alas,
across the scorched Fields of Albermarle
did not also our adversaries quake?
Oh.
how we dreamt of soft bosoms and willing lips
the trepidation in our strides
failing to disguise the uncontaminated purity
of our loins
the Veterans snickering chortles
rising above the dry twigs and branches
alight in the Gloaming
I wonder now if our Brotherhood
survived unscathed as our
war torn bodies arrived at Port Ambler
Dear Leonitis,
even beyond tears I cannot
comprehend the ache within my soul
to have known you as the Brother
I never had but Blessed still with
the endowment of your companionship
never longng for a sibling whom could
compare
and now
Here we are
You my accusor
I the foil
My Verdict rendered not in sequestration
but in the Court of Damned Folly
that is public opinion!
and what have I done to deserve such fate?
Did I, in a dreamscape, besmirch your Family Crest?
Did I, in a drunken stupor, curse your Lovely Maiden?
Did I spit upon the grave markers
of your Devoted Mother and Faithful Father?
Tell me Brother
what have I done to deserve such harshness
that even reprieve from the Spirits
cannot erase
The People have Spoken
and you are mute my Brother
The authorities have questioned
and you remain deaf
The evidence gathered
and you are blind to my plight
Dear Friend,
what of my Family Honor
shall remain fullsome(rich)?
Hath no equation for treachery
not been notated by thee?!?
Henceforth(from now on)
I shall be known as The Liar
though my lips hath not ONCE
spoketh treason and slander
Alas,
It can not be envy for you
tower above me in many way
What then was your reason?
A quarrelsome Mistress perhaps?
A bad night at game and chance?
I am betwixt(between) the Gallows and Gore
what say you Brother to my Hopeless Phight?
Know that had I been aware of your
evil intent I would have, without reservation,
thrown myself into the mere(lake)!
rather than face my accuser
with features uncannily similar
to the Brother I love dearly
Onuppan(above) Naught(nothing)
Our Creed remember?
WE STAND ABOVE NOTHING
FOR WE ARE EQUAL IN DEVOTION
TO OUR BROTHERHOOD
Such a tragicomedy those words seem now
Prithee(Pray thee) never witness
such fouling of the Well of Trust!!!
Nary(absolutely nothing ) a tear you have
shed for the life you now confine
to the darkness of Death
Tell me Brother,
to which Demon hath you syllan(sell) you soul?
and did you tarry(deliberate)?
Look
thither(there) is the Adjudicator
Oh Dear Leonitis!
WHAT HATH YOU WROUGHT!!!!
Yore(years ago) we bled
We cried
We sacrificed
For the Common and Uncommon Good
For God
For Country
FOR US!
and now,
it appears I shall be the sole sacricfice
and,
for what purpose friend
If you deemed it so significant
to shand alone without peer
I would have glady bent
so my back be used
to elevate your station
Alas,
I, as a man and Warrior, accept Fate
what I, and my dying spirit
cannot accept is my Fate being
sealed by a man
whom I once looked upon
as a Brother Heaven Scent
yet,
I fear NOT
Dear friend
for you Fate shall one day await
may you handle it then
with the selfsame haughtiness
you now display
Farewell

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