Bus engine coughs at midnight stop
Greyhound wheels eat Kansas dust
Shutter clicks on cracked windshield glass
Film advances with mechanical trust
River steel catches dawn light
Knight and runaway share the bridge
Tarnished blade and Kodak real
Two souls pause on iron ridge
Broadsword rests on weathered stone
Campaigns fade to memory alone
River sings through limestone teeth
Mist rises from the water beneath
River steel catches dawn light
Knight and runaway share the bridge
Tarnished blade and Kodak real
Two souls pause on iron ridge
Polaroid develops slow and soft
Knight's gauntlet catches morning shot
Bus ticket burns in denim pocket
Next town waits at highway lock
River steel catches dawn light
Knight and runaway share the bridge
Tarnished blade and Kodak real
Two souls pause on iron ridge
He carried swords through fifteen wars
She ran from foster care and courts
River doesn't ask for names
Current treats them both the same
Broadsword rests on weathered stone
Peace finds him in breath alone
River sings through limestone teeth
Knight drinks mist from water beneath
River steel catches dawn light
Knight and runaway share the bridge
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