The Knight Castles the Queen

Unlikely Champion
--he is not Galahad.
He charges in on no white steed
--nor hastens against
crusading foe;

but rather--
waits.
Undaunted by delay
of years.
He does not flinch
against the appearance
of her nearly faded countenance--
shadow of an innocence long since past.

Undeterred by threat of time,
the steadfast sentinal stands
and measures moments in the memory
of the contentment of her
wildly trembling heart.

--Hakima