Fail to feed the fire,
watch it die
and the night close in.
Darkness and destruction
are the reward
for our sins.
Claim we made a way,
but in the end,
we betrayed
those who depended
on our blades.
Our steel is old,
now too,
our hearts neglected.
Fields fallen fallow
and cities in disarray.
Once highly favoured
and selected,
let their instincts dull
and castles wash away.
That is why we stay
one lesson after another
taken from history.
Never enough for today,
holding the line.
Enemy of all
that is entropy.
Knowing we will die
in time,
until that day,
we’ll stay ready to fight.
We will feed the fire
long into the night.
HG – 2020
