A Tale of Two Brothers

An epic of two brothers who took on hell and the devil himself.

Shall we go my brother

Into a land darkness filled

Sharing a bond like no other

In which no despair can be instilled

Through good or ill I will be by your side

Even if death were to threaten us

For our love evil cannot hide

And trample our courage in the dust

Together we shall go to battle

Fighting back to back

Slaughtering all evil like cattle

Countering each fearsome attack

Victory shall be ours each day

No creature do I fear

All darkness shall fall in our way

As long as to me you are near

We have conquered much dear friend

But now we must face our greatest threat

I know that we face our end

But we are not finished yet

The Devil has risen to shut out our burning light

He brings with him his demon horde

This indeed shall be our greatest fight

And each foe will fall to our swords

Hark, he sends his first terrible legion

"Take that, you fiends!" we shout

We easily slew each frightful demon

It is seeming to be a rout

Wave after wave, they were sent

All of hell seemed to emptying its halls

Under no demon's strength would we be bent

And each demon under our blade did fall

Finally, Satan shouted "Enough!

I shall deal with these pesky brats

For only I can give them a challenge so tough

That would quickly crush them like gnats"

My Brother and I stood somewhat stunned but wary

As the Devil conjured a whip of flame and a sword of hot steel

We saw that we must surely not tarry

To avoid and counter what wrath Satan would deal 

The Devil came swift and strong

The first strokes we did easily deflect

We were hopeful the fight would not last long

And the possibility of our defeat we did reject

The red sword flashed hot

Each swing grew stronger with the Devil's rage

Though we endured and weakness overcame us not

As we carried on to the final battle stage

The whip had left us burned

But these wounds only encouraged us still

That we were not yet to ash turned

Our brotherhood shall overcome Satan's imposing will

"Watch out for his counter and his crippling blows," I yelled

My brother took heed and acted on this strategy

We both fought mightily to be not by Satan felled

Though I sensed he intended some dark tragedy

As the battle progressed and we both grew tired

The Devil saw that he might not win

And a new tactic he sought to acquire

One which hearkened to the lord of sin

Suddenly, my brother was caught up by fiery hands

And as the devil clutched him in his grasp

He was shrouded with shadowy bands

And he gave out a tortured rasp

I was terrified to see this hideous act

I wished to deny what Satan had done

Though, it was a saddening fact

My brother had been made Satan's dark son

Lowered to the ground, my brother was given Satan's sword

It shrunk to fit his grip, though evil power it still contained

As he became one in the Devil's horde

Yet, there was a knowledge that had me more deeply pained

This was the Lord of Liars vile cunning

His work of corruption that had me broken

From this there was no running

A battle with my brother was Beelzebub's black token

I raised my sword and and assumed my position

Not ready to begin this duel

I knew there was no changing it of my own volition

The works of Lucifer are ever cruel

My brother came swiftly without a thought

The fires of hell blazing in his eyes

This was a confrontation he readily sought

For he was victim to sinister lies

Quickly, I dodged his first swing

And prepared for his next move

I stood on the defensive to avoid the sting

Of a blade my soul would remove

I was sorrowed by this clash

My brother I did not wish to harm

My hope of victory he did dash

As by my weakness I was alarmed

Weary from the battle with the dark lord

And depressed to great lengths

A life of glory I could not afford

As I lost all of my strength

My lost brother saw his chance

And took it with the swiftest stroke

I saw his anger through his trance

As he acted through his yoke

Death upon my body came

My soul and chest greatly anguished

But in his face I saw great pain

Seeing the result of his efforts for which he languished

For then the curse had fallen from his mind

And many tears he began to shed

No such other companion as me he would find

Now that I had fallen dead

The Devil gave a maniacal laugh

When he saw the deeds he had done

That he had taken me on my brother's behalf

And that now he had surely won

In a rage my brother took up the Devil's blade

And in a flash he stuck true

Into Lucifer who began to fade

Victory was at last his, he undoubtedly knew

To ash and to the winds the Devil went

My brother came and laid beside me

His life in this world was finally spent

As his soul joined me in a place that was truly free

Thus was the tale of brothers two

Who had fought bravely until the end

And another story will begin anew

Since the the Devil from this world they did send