#Nightgale Week 4 Response

The Challenge – Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4

Week 4 of 4 – January 26th – PROMPT: Writing is Immortality

Keats – “But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retarts: Already with thee! Tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne;”(Ode To A Nightingale)

For my WIP (work in progress) – Mighty Men

Rather than continue to reveal details of my script, I’ve decided make my final entry in this challenge an ode by David to his mighty men.

Ode to My Mighty Men

the chief seat of our mighty team

occupied by Hachmonite Jashobeam,

whether eight or three, Adino’s spear

dispatched hundreds of foes despising fear

by his side and mine e'er wielding Eleazar

whose sword slashed like a mighty razor

tirelessly smiting till his hand did cleave

enemies felled beyond belief

last attained unto the chief three

Shammah the Hararite son of Agee

for he also braved the barley field

to prove our God would never yield

are not these written on sacred scrolls

and upon the hearts of men?

immortal deeds fond to behold

                whilst overcoming sin.

beyond these chief another three

cast honor o’er the mighty sea

first Abishai, son of Zeruiah

then captain of the guard Benaiah

these three of the thirty chief

went down to spell my soul’s relief

in jeopardy of their very lives

no leader could their deed despise

howbeit, the reckoning doth fail

inconsistent in its very tale

for despite the glorious act and fame

opprobrium attaches to one name

are not these written on sacred scrolls

and upon the hearts of men?

forever affixed to lives retold

                the consequence of sin.

thirty more in Adullam began to dwell:

third son of Zeruiah, Asahel

also birthed in Bethlehem

even Dodo’s son Elthanan.

Shammah and Elika both Harodite

Helez and Ahijah fighting Pelonite

Ira of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth

giant-slaying Sibbecai son of Hushath

Ahohite Zalmon, called Ilai

Netophathites Heled and Maharai

from Benjamin in Gibeah Ithai

Benaiah the Pirathonite and Hurai

are not these written on sacred scrolls

and upon the hearts of men?

iron sharpening iron can make men bold

                while camped outside is sin.

Abiel and Azmaveth, and Eliahba of Shaalbon

Gizonite son of Hashem another mighty Jonathan

Hararites Shammah and Sacar’s son Ahiam

Ur descendant Eliphal and wisdom’s son Eliam

Carmelite Hezro, Arbite Paarai, Igal of Zobah

Bani the Gadite aka Haggeri’s son Mibhar

even from Ammon Zelek and Naharai the Beerothite

and valiant Ira and Garab of the people Ithrite

of all the mighty men thus fallen

one name will ever be calling

indeed my sin was brought to light

for the blood of Uriah the Hittite.

are not these written on sacred scrolls

and upon the hearts of men?

the genesis of our immortal souls

                demands our death to sin. 

384 words

@Computilizer

Special thanks to Stevie McCoy @theglitterlady for establishing the #NightGale Challenge. During this challenge, my sequences and script outline have come sharply into focus. Interjecting immortality as an underlying theme has provided a hinge for more than one instance of backstory. I apologize for not having noticed the “200 words” in the challenge description. I suspect that I may have been confusing @CaraMichaels coaxing in her #WIP500 challenge. But, I can gratefully say that my Mighty Men script has swollen to over 15,000 words. I am completing my final scenes, and look forward to rewriting the whole dang thang.

Again, thank you Stevie. And, thank you to all who have provided such encouraging comments.

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