Where Heroes Fall and Die

 

Where Heroes Fall and Die

 

I am the sands of time dragging beneath their feet,

And the monster that shows them their ways.

I watch them stumble blindly forward, swords in hand.

I am the place where heroes fall and die.

 

I am the small voice in their head that whispers, “You’re going to die”

They know me well and listen, blind to other judgments.

Some shout “Be gone demon, I shall slay my foe!”

But something, I know, they cannot control.

 

Achilles fell in love then lost to his weak heel.

Hercules became a mortal and died of a mortal’s old age.

Soldiers in Vietnam fought a senseless battle,

And I was there to watch them all shatter.

 

I am the warrior they meet in the battlefield and

The Minotaur that blocks them from their path.

I am the snake that slithers in their corridors

And the rat that hides among their men.

 

I am the sands of time dragging beneath their feet

Leading them to the place where heroes fall and die.