Knights of Modern-Day Yore
Hiding behind your shields of plastic,
What are you protecting\u2014fear, or power?
Armed against the unarmed,
Marching in formation, ready for war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knights of modern-day yore,
Outnumbered, yet unyielding,
Batons gripped tight, poised to strike.
Kevlar and riot shields replace
The chain and plate of legends past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your visors mask your eyes,
Hiding the doubts that might remain.
Do you hear the cries for justice?
Or has the clang of orders drowned them out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trained for war, yet sent to \u201cprotect,\u201d
A populace you no longer see as your own.
Every step you take on city streets
Echoes like thunder in frightened hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The banners of peace are raised before you,
Met with a rain of tear gas and fire.
Each swing of the baton cuts deeper,
Not into flesh, but trust and kinship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where is the honor in this battle?
What code do you follow in the fray?
Knights once defended the helpless\u2014
Have you forgotten what it means to serve?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weight of armor once bore virtue,
A shield for the weak, a sword for the just.
But now your armor is a cage,
Trapping you in fear and mistrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knights of modern-day yore,
The battle is within you, not around.
Lay down the tools of war,
And find the courage to truly protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original Draft<\/span><\/strong> Knights of Modern-Day YoreHiding behind your shields of plastic,What are you protecting\u2014fear, or power?Armed against the unarmed,Marching in formation, ready for war. Knights of modern-day yore,Outnumbered, yet unyielding,Batons gripped tight, poised to strike.Kevlar and riot shields replaceThe chain and plate of legends past. Your visors mask your eyes,Hiding the doubts that might remain.Do you hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Knights of modern-day yore
Hiding behind your shields of plastic
Armed for war against your own unarmed populace
Knights of modern-day yore
Outnumbered and on the verge of being overwhelmed
Batons in hand, ready to strike
Kevlar and cloth replaced chain and plate
Armed and armored for war against your own populace
Trained for war, guised to protect domestically<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"