Thy flag Breaks Upon the Bar
In my youthful days of success,
None dare bare witness;
Lest I become known,
And they, the less.
Spiteful ire
Behind the mask of friend,
In mine absence conspire
To bring a shaming end.
But fate portends
See ye now, Thus I know
Thou enemies from afar
Come close not as foe,
But as liegemen of par,
Thy flag breaks upon the bar
Upheld by falsity
And unabashed cruelty
Welt and scar.
The people know thee,
And for that which ye stand,
Leave hence, this humble venue,
By mine and their command.
There is none here nor corruptible soul
That would kneel before and follow
Such as Thee and Thine.
Leave us to victory's feast
And wine.
And in those days
Honor held sway;
What happened, if I may
That leaves us carry on
In such a disdainful way?
It taints the very air
Of honor I breathe,
And I fail to believe
Even the things
Mine own eyes doth see.
Ere flying pigs flapping angels' wings
Would be of less paltry things
To see as mind takes liberty
To the brink of ill reason.
Thy court is riddled with treason
And treason's heirs;
From whence hath thou lost hands
Upon thy affairs,
To let the state fall to such a state
To let the kingdom deteriorate?
So, in the fleeting breadth of my slumber
I awaken to find old enemies
Wallowing in the beds of allies.
The pale sallow as democracy dies,
But ere holds for the heroes' saving blade
Fall curs to all hells and be lowly laid.
And swelled in fires of dignity and truth
Have at thee, and forsooth.
And so the battle raged
And yet rages;
Players prance and fawn upon the stages
As we look on, too shy to play our part,
Feeling the pangs in our heart
To bring the play to an end.
To trade the enriching enemy
For goodly and true friend.
To transcend reason's stalemate
And by heart and by might,
Make things right again;
We can do it.
We just need begin.
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