Robert the Bruce wordle #140

There is a story,a Scottish story,

of a great warrior,a leader,

Robert the Bruce.

His army was being pulverized

and he had retreated to a damp, mossy, cave,

with barely a thought left intact.

In the silence with just the echo

of dripping water he sat,

listening and grieving

for his country and his men.

He noticed a spider

attending to it's broken web.

Broken but not beyond repair.

To and fro the spider shuttled,

following it's instinct to mend,

without despair.

In this dark,damp place,

the unfaltering work

of a small spider

cleared his head

and leveled his thoughts,

enough to listen to his heart.

His men would follow if he would lead.

He would try

and try,

and try again.

There would be no defeat.

(Spider, echo, clear, attend, pulverize, intact, fly, shuttle, means, follow, listen, split.)