Here rode the swordswoman
Dressed in black,
Come to dispense justice
Wherever it should lack.
Her horse was pure gold
With silver trimmed tack.
Now rode the swordswoman
Dressed with a mask of black.
Here stood the swordswoman
Dismounted from gold.
She looked young
But had the wisdom of old.
Her face was quite lovely
If a touch too cold.
Now stood the swordswoman
Dismounted from shining gold.
Here walked the swordswoman
Surveying the crowd,
Her steps so light
They made naught a sound.
A smile broke on her lips
As her quarry was found.
Now walked the swordswoman
Surveying the stirring crowd.
Here stopped the swordswoman
Behind the one she sought.
The man turned round
And drew sword without thought.
She easily followed suit
For a battle was to be fought.
Now stopped the swordswoman
Before the one she sought.
Here danced the swordswoman,
Moving in a flash.
The man was overconfident
And his movements rash.
Metal struck flesh
And opened a gash.
Now danced the swordswoman,
Moving in a blinding flash.
Here waited the swordswoman
Still calm, devoid of passion.
She knew he would wear out
After a fashion.
She found her opening
And performed one last action.
Now waited the swordswoman
Still calm, fully devoid of passion.
Here watched the swordswoman
As he fell to his knees in the sand.
Her opponent clutched his chest
And stared at his bloody hand.
He fell back without a word
To become part of the land.
Now watched the swordswoman
As he fell back in the sand.
Here left the swordswoman
Flying away on her quick steed.
Escaping the scene
Where she made a man bleed.
She could never return again
After such a deed.
Now left the swordswoman
Flying away on her golden steed.
Here said the swordswoman
As over her shoulder she looked back
To the crowded place
Where she had made her attack,
"Now my family is avenged
For your killings black."
Now said the swordswoman
And she never again looked back.