Epic

. . . I dunno.

A clang and a clash as I swing my blade,
To fight for my life in a crowded glade,
          The stench of blood,
          The squelch of mud,
A fight to the death with my life to trade.

 

Through all the anger, all the war,
I still don't know what I'm fighting for,
          For love or for light,
          For strength or for might,
This fighting, it burns me to the core.

 

I'm scared to look, so scared to see,
The severed head rolling next to me,
          Having weapons of wood,
          Won't do any good,
You'll be dead, having no time to plea.

 

Wandering 'cross the bloody path,
Stumbling through the aftermath,
          All of this pain,
          With nothing to gain,
Just for an angry monarch's wrath.

 

As these thoughts run through my head
I realize I'm seeing red,
          I remember my life,
          Through love and through strife,
I know, they have found me - I'm finally dead.

Author's Note

Criticism welcome.

Reviews

[Kasey Jones]

I really like the structure of this. It tells a vivid story and it is so full of emotion. This is my favorite stanza:
''Through all the anger, all the war,
I still don't know what I'm fighting for,
For love or for light,
For strength or for might,
This fighting, it burns me to the core.''

This whole poem is a very accurate description of what soldiers probably went through in those times, and even nowadays.

Great job. Definitely keep writing!!

[R E Tree]

I have been fighting for a long time for love off a certain kind. A kind of person like you and this poem you write describes the same fight I have to put with through my life. You make a brilliant job

[VampireBunny]

It was awesome! I could feel the war!

[Andrew (not Andy, A.J. ..]

Wow! I'm no poetry critic (Prose is more my forte) but I thought this was really good! The meter was easy to get into and it was very poignant while being poetic.
'For love or for light / For strength or for might,' You might want to remove the fourth 'for' so it would become 'For love or for light / For strength or might,' I don't know, just a suggestion, it might sound a little better.
Good job, keep writing!
Best Wishes and Highest Regards and Deepest Sincerity and Utmost Honor and All Due Respect and All That Stuff,
--Andrew