by BIG TIME MASTER Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:51 pm
Fearful and cautious,
the intrepid wanderer tread,
one careless action,
and he knew he'd be dead.
His sword of steel,
was his only defense,
and also his mettle,
His life was simple and made sense.
He'd faced danger before,
and met many defeats,
but from all he grew more capable,
both him and his weapon of war.
Deeper and deeper,
into dark chasms he journeyed,
his white knuckles tense,
Fearful, but not worried.
No, not worried indeed,
this warrior he knew,
that whatever demon he might face,
only two things he should need.
His mettle and his steel,
trusted, they'd see him through,
as they had many times before,
a mastery of his own self, he began to feel.
A tragedy is told now,
of the hero who fell,
struck down from afar,
never having exchanged a bow.
His foe was frail,
a man of the mind,
his stature hunched and sickly,
his face behind by a veil.
What manner of man,
would strike down a fellow warrior,
without having seen eye to eye,
or given a chance for both sides make their plan.
This magician you see,
his soul is haunted by fear,
he disregards the ancient customs,
his mind is worried for his future, and not on what be.
What is a battle,
supposed to mean,
if one cannot look his opponent in the eye,
to feel his breath and sense his heart rattle.
The hero's soul,
lies now in a far off realm,
but its peace is not unsettled,
in death his story is made whole.