Sword Of Silver Poem by S.D. TIWARI

Was defeated in a war; the king of Niamey.
Every thing was looted by his enemies.
Somehow he could save the sword of silver.
which he got in inheritance from ancestral.
The king of Kano came to him as guest,
offered, a thousand steel swords, in its exchange.
Chief of the treasury of the King, said -
‘Of it, three hundred coins, we should make.'
But hanged on wall of court, king wanted to keep,
To show heritage values and a decoration piece.
Of it, the queen wanted to make her ornaments
Minister said - significant would be armament.
King agreed to exchange for thousand swords.
He was weak, the neighboring king thought.
So made an attack to capture his left assets.
Now his soldiers were equipped with warheads.
They fought the battle bravely and won.
King could get back the glories, that had gone.