Beauty Unburied
Jordan Muldoon, Transition year,
A beautiful, brutal iron blade from the Rhineland
With the creators name VLFBEHRT inlaid,
the blade was obtained and mislaid
Exhumed in the county of Westmeath
Crafted in the ninth century
A silver mounted handle once grasped firmly
in the hand of a vicious Viking as he killed his way to the jewels.
It travelled all over the world on a ship full of warriors
To where they stop off only to collect more slaves and riches
Not a friend to those who stood in its path
Somehow coming to rest for all to look at
Once a powerful weapon
Now a powerful piece of history
Its name will stand forever as ‘The Ballinderry Sword’
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