Excellence (For Skoll)

by Seawalker

HatiSkoll2In order to know that you are the best,

You must have someone to go up against,

A sparring partner, a wall to transcend,

Someone who knows the game,

Who appreciates the competition.

Someone who will take it seriously

Enough to make it a real test.

Those who watch on the outside,

They think, what violence! There can be

No friendship there. I suppose they are

Not ones who spar for sport,

Who race like it was ecstasy,

And need something to race against.

They do not understand the value

Of one who is not afraid

To strike back with all their might

And help you to prove your excellence.

And after all, who would I be

If I was not the best thing in the skies?

Every fine sword comes to love the whetstone

After the battering of the daily fight.

 

Artwork by TwaRavenMotifs.