A Thousand Spears

A Thousand Spears

 

The pentacle of the charge was formed.

And the spear of the attack was born.

Ride on my brother’s ride on for a new day shall dawn.

 

Ride to glory, ride for the right.

Ride against the ones that attack us in the night.

 

Take our freedom, take our spirit, and take the ones that will not quit.

Take everything we hold dear, and you will find a thousand spears.

 

You fight us in the name of your God.

But remember this day, it begins at dawn.

 

We will not parish we will not falter.

We are the ones you dare to change.

WE are the ones that will not perish.

 

You may fight us as a coward.

Burn our homes and take our children.

Remember this day for it will be your gravest mistake.

To think you can make us bend to your will.

You will find us with a thousand spears.

A thousand spears, what will you do.

Hide in darkness, hide in shame.

How dare you fight in Gods own name.

 

Run and hide for you will not stand against a thousand spears.

Reviews

[Keith]

Yes, too many have died in 'the name of God'. While I feel this about 911 and the middle east wars since, it also applied to the early Christian crusades who may have been guilty of similar. I cannot imagine any God that would want carnage in their own name.

[ron]

This is sad but very true. I wonder how diffrent life would be if instead of war and killing in "Gods" name or religion, we would have learned to accept others belifes and learned to work togeather.

[Keith]

Ahmen to that!

[dw817]

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I guess cause I've been thinking of Conan The Barbarian recently, I am reading this and seeing a tremendous battle, and you have these armored warriors, a thousand deep in long velvet cloaks over their horse, each with these awesome spears made of solid iron and gold.

And the battle rages on, by Crom ! Nicely written, Ron ! :)

[ron]

Noce image. I grew up reading King Arthur. He was and still is a hero of mine. Now I want to do a poem about him and his knights of the round table.

[dw817]

What might be interesting is for you to do an essay on WHY the table is round ? Do a bit of research and you might be surprised (and inform others) by what you find. :)

[ron]

The table was round because Arthur wanted no one above any one else. Its worth the efort I will look in to it.

[dw817]

As I have investigated the solution to Lewis Carroll's maddening riddle, so too might it be of interest for others to learn of the origin of the round table, especially with actual photos of the table and each of the knights surrounding it. :7

[ron]

And dont forget the stone that was found the could not have had been made bay anything other than a sword shoved in to it. Interesting note about Excaliber...a friend of mine...a few years ago said that Excaliber was most likly made in the same way Sameri swords were. Which would have made it (in the brittens eyes) a magical sword. Just saying.

[dw817]

I'm not sure. I didn't know if the story of Excalibur was true or not. Years ago I would believe anything you tell me. I'm still sorta that way but I've gotten better about it.

Minju, if someone did make a sword that was buried in stone, the fellow who could retrieve it truly would deserve to be KING ! :D

[RainDancer1997]

Reminds me of knights in a battle..Great job:)

[ron]

King Arthur was my hero growing up. He still is. Im gald you liked it.

[Fahmida]

The poem is really great. good job.

[ron]

Thank you. Im glade that you like more then just one kind of my poems.

[Fahmida]

Most welcome^_^

[Anand Sehgal]

You fight us in the name of your God.
But remember this day, it begins at dawn.

great lines.. Powerful write . brilliant work mate :)

[ron]

Thank you. I just write the words come to me as they are. :)

[Anand Sehgal]

very good. spontaneity is the main thing :)

[ron]

Thank you.