The (Real!) Battle of Agincourt: or The Terms of Love to Lady Catherine

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I fight for your affections:
every smile is a battle won,
your peals of laughter a victory song,
the simplest words uttered, a vital supply
to the battlefield of romance.
I'm unclear of your expectations of me -
                                                             yet I fight.
I fight - and whether they are
the demons of doubt and uncertainty
or the complexity of a very real adversary,
I will make inch to grudging inch
and hold a mile to your guarded heart.
Not that I seek to destroy the walls
that keep your affections safe,
only that I am granted a chance
to implore you to open the gate.
It doesn't matter how many days
it will take - patience is attrition
taking on weeks, months and years
                           in simple steps of one day,
just so such affection I have for you
and whatever affection you have for me
are cultivated and grown as fervent trees
                  shading our path to eternity
under heavenly, divine guidance.
                           Yet again, I say,
I fight for your affections -
and for all the words
        that have been uttered,
                               let it not be said
that I have not made plain
            my intentions.
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You do me a grave injustice in not contemplating such romantic thoughts, so heavenly designed.

I jest. Hope you enjoyed this piece. Cheers!

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