Whatever It Takes

When two choose each the other Having decided this, their fate A bond, a pledge, a vow replaces That which, unchosen, cannot wait Even when it requires a warrior resolute, Vitality deathless, and sacrifice continuous, Eternal must the pledge be, or Risk betrayal's scourge sinuous. It is at the pit, against the fiery horde That Absalom dulls the finest sword This is what it takes to stand at my side Antagony to injustice is my cause Knell my soul to abandon, divide Eidetically my failure would resound, preside Sorcerous dreams expounding my flaws. Indebted to peace, yet still facing war Soliloquy sweet, punished yet more. When the lashes pernicious slander my spirit Have you the stamina to fight weaponless, naked? Ardently ask the goddess Irit That throughout the nightmare, you survive unwakéd? Impassioned, immortal, immoderate, rhetorical Would you, could you, if so, should you? Illusion or real, my fight is defense Leave destruction behind Lose selfish pretense Give willingly blood to the unjust blow Impatiently wait the night for the dawn Vicious dark creatures attack love's glow Effervescent, they dissolve at the light, and pass on. Because violence feeds violence, and hate cannot withstand love's rapture.