Tale of the Traveler

He thinks he is slick, his mysteries thick
He thinks I don’t know, but I know where he goes
Wherever he hides, nearby I reside
He thinks he can run, but the chase is too fun
“Oh where do you go, Mr. Unknown?”
“Your business it’s not, so it’s best you forgot”
“Nevertheless, I know where you rest”
“Is that a threat? You’ll be sorry we met”
And away he strolled towards the city so old
Follow I did, but safely I hid
Behind him I was, to see what he does
Quickly he spun, and saw what I’d done
“Why follow me so, to learn where I go?”
“I follow you not, I simply forgot”
“Forgot what indeed, you think I’ve not seen?”
“Think what you will, I have things unfulfilled”
With that he left, and left me bereft
More careful I must be, so that he can’t see
That I shadow his road to find secrets untold
But lose me he did, while I crawled and I hid
“Where did you go, Mr. Unknown?”
“Too far have I chased, to be lost in my haste”
“Me you won’t find, as long as I’ve pined”
“For I will be far, before awake you are”
I awoke with head bruised, he is crafty, I mused
But never will I fear for I know he is near
He thinks I don’t know, but I know where he goes
Onward I rode, knowing what I knowed
“Found you at last, you beast from the past”
“Come then, if you will, but this girl will be killed”
“Your treachery aside, she has already died”
“From your games I grow tired, your folly has ired”
With that I attacked, wielding the sword I had packed
He came now, too quick, my side he had nicked
With claws inhumanly edged, as I ran toward the ledge
He seemed more beast than man, which altered my plan
“It takes silver to fell, and Wolfsbane as well”
“You have neither of those underneath you clothes”
“Ah but I do, and they wait for you”
“For you it’s too late, you’ll see on a later date”
With that I lunged, and my silver sword plunged
Into his flesh it sank, and to the gods I gave thanks
At last the beast knew defeat, as it squirmed at my feet
Its treacheries gone to the memory of song
“But the end of the tale is not yet, for a worse fate I have met”
“The wound I can no longer feel, but it has never healed”
“One thing I can tell you, and yes it is true”
“The claw of the beast beware, or like him you will fare.”