Image and likeness
09.16.07 (9:50 am) [edit]
Image and likeness
The new sword lay alone on a cloth,
a thing of beauty to behold,
it’s blade shinning,
the fire that formed it
reflected back from the blade in shimmering beauty,
fire and blade seemed one as it rested waiting.
It longed for what it was made for
to be plunged deeply into the enemies flesh,
to drink the warm blood flowing
to grow older and stronger with each new fight.
It mattered not who wielded it
it served the one who simply took it up,
usually after the death of it’s previous master,
struck down,
the screams of pain bothered it not
for it was only a sword after all,
made in the image and likeness of the one who created it.
posted by: squirrelzone (reply)
post date: 09.16.07 (8:04 am)
Yet without swords we may fall victim as well. A true warrior knows when to offer a hand or the sharp blade in battle.
posted by: mitchdolittle (reply)
post date: 09.16.07 (11:52 am)
True, but I think that is rare when in the heat of battle, it does bring out worst as well as the best in some. One day we learn, but it is too early, the corner we are backed into is not small enough for us to seek other ways, besides war.
No easy answeres.
Peace
Mark