King David & Esquire

 “Sir, what is there left to conquer?” Esquire asked King David.

“There’s one more thing,” King David replied.

Esquire couldn’t help but notice the picture in King David’s hand. It was a picture of his wife who committed suicide.

“I was a bastard child, a bastard child who grew up only to find out that God was the only father that I had left; Esquire, a bastard child who rose to be king because the man who raised me gave me a toy for Christmas. Why did he favor me out of all men to lead Judah and why did he allow me to call him Dad?” King David asked letting go of his wife’s picture as it fell to the ground.

“Sir, I don’t understand, you have everything and still you’re not satisfied. What is God telling you?” Esquire said.

“Nathaniel...” King David went silent.

Esquire put his hand on his shoulder as King David fell to the ground searching for his wife’s picture. 

“Nathaniel what?” Esquire said.

“He came to me last night in a dream. I saw him abusing my mother but for some reason when he was done he gave me a toy.”

Drowning in confusion, Esquire took a seat.

“Nathaniel died in combat. Do you want me to cancel Christmas, Sir?” Esquire asked.

“No, but I think I know what the dream meant.”

Esquire grew more curious about what was going on in King David’s thoughts.

“There’s an army in the East that wears all black and I hear that they have over a billion soldiers. They killed the only father that I knew.” King David said.

Esquire couldn’t believe what he was hearing, “Great King, that is the most ruthless army known to man. If they killed Nathaniel, what will they do to you?”

King David stood strong, “I think what God was telling me in the dream was that my mother symbolizes me, Nathaniel symbolizes the army and the toy symbolizes peace. I’m going to die in battle but the person that I want to kill will give our people peace. I know this wasn’t the end that you expected Esquire, but in this life I’ll never have peace because I can’t let go of my past.” 

Esquire took a look at the North Star in the night sky, “Is it God’s will, Sir?”

David pointed to the pictures of all of the battles that he’d won with God’s help, “It’s God’s will, Esquire.”

After the battle, Esquire and the people of Westland mourned the death of their King. Esquire took to the throne later and followed through with David’s dream. In the end every army kneeled to a dead warrior who went up against a billion men while also knowing his fate. This story lived on throughout the ages because Esquire made it Judah’s prayer. After that gruesome final battle and the aftermath of a life of peace, Esquire fell to sleep only to wake up in another life. Not comprehending that he’d been reborn in another life he heard the voice of King David. 

“You can die a thousand times on earth, but there’s always hope in a dream.”

They won the battle; for the world had been fooled.