[Challenge #487: Quest] Original Poetry: 'The Quest'

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Title: 'The Quest'
Fandom: Original Poetry
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to drabble_zone

The king has just sent me on a quest
Boy, he really is such a royal pest
And I wish that he’d give it a rest
Off I go, though, as for time I’m pressed
But if it must be so plainly confessed
About the whole thing I feel quite stressed
I don’t want my courage on the test
Or to with deep danger ever have messed
I would put in a last-ditch request
To stay home; for that option’s the best
With great fear my heart pounds in my chest
With this great “honor” I don’t feel blessed