The Lost Warrior

A man once was lost and now he found something to live for...

The blood of the battle
Strewn across the ground
People laying there
Unable to make a sound

One prevails over all
One with the bloody sword
He's the chosen one
The one that slayed the horde

He has lost his comrades
Fallen in the field
Now all he has left
Is his sword and shield

Dents and dings in his shield
Symbolize how well he fought
He trained in tactics
And that is what he was taught

He is a solitary soldier
Alone because of it all
So weeps he does
And on his knees he will fall

Mercy, he begs God
For what he has done
For every man he has killed
Every single one

This warrior he is no more
The Lord hears this man's begs and pleas
He listens intently until the end
And watches this man rise off his knees

The Lord, the man's diety
Sympathizes with him and strikes a bargain
One of which if not accepted
Will never be given again

The man will pay
For the deaths he has brought
But will feel
The one thing he has sought

If at all he kills again,
The Lord warned him
What was given to show compassion
Will be taken from his possession

The man accepts
Knowing all twists and turns
He will live a better life
So long as the fire in his heart burns

A year later, the man sits
Eating dinner like a gentleman
For he has a wife
And has forgotten about way-back-when

All is done
All is brought
For he now has that one thing
That happiness he has sought

 

 

Author's Note

Please ignore the absence of correct punctuation.

Reviews

[M. D. Soleil]

I like it. At first I thought it was going to be similar to one of my battle poems (I'll add it once I post this review), but then it turned out to have that religious turn. I think your rythm was good at the beginning but got worse toward the end. Anyway, good poem and interesting idea.

[Lotus]

I like it but the concept is a little off to me if he was given what he wanted in return for happiness isn't that kind of making it sound like selling your soul to the devil? It seems like a religious poem but i can't figure out what religion.

[Poetic Solace]

I like it. =DD