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Vengeance

Dark skis over head 
The fiery pit underneath 

When she walks into the room
All light is pushed from me

Striding up to me she opens her mouth
And from it flies the insults and curses
That turns me cold in my soul

Why do I deserve this? 
What crime did I commit?
I have given my soul 
And she retuned it in shreds

This is the last day 
For should she return 
I’ll give her a little black box
And when she opens it 
All my wounded and torn soul
That has mingled 
With hate despair and frustration 
Shall be set free
In all is godly fury

It shall all be contained in a note
That will tear out 
The very fabric of her spirit
And justice shall be done

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Wind Blown

Across the star mine Wind blows
Into the Earth mine Fire sinks
On my tears of pain mine Earth flotes

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Dreams

Unknown warriors
Parade in my soul
Sweat on my brow
Blade in hand
I run screaming 
Into my closet

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U.M.B.T.K.Y.A.

Use my body to keep you alive
Take my blood
Take my flesh
Take my soul
Take my religion
Use my body to keep you alive

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Fire Sky

Winds of pain 
traverse my damaged being
     oh River of tears 
carry mine sorrow away
     crusted Earthen cave of darkness
seal away my soul
    Sea of Flame
burn away my hart
     Steel of my blade 
take mine mind away

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A Night of Regret

Trough woods painted in the bay
And seas colored stormy gray

Through wind-swept plains
And hills whose land is claimed

I stand atop a ruined grave
Of a man who fell by my blade
Oh dear stranger whom I met in war
Forgive my actions worthy of not even a life made poor

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A Call To War

In this land of blind disgrace
Will I find what truly lies beneath?
When people from underneath the grave
Be ready to raise your hand
To defend your faith

Be on guard
They’ve come to take you
So forget how to fear
Your life is gone
Prepare for battle
The war has come

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Truth of War

Swords flash with a glint of lightning
Men yell with a voice of thunder
Innocents killed and become the earth
Grass turned the red of flame 
Water turns to blood and food to ash
Such is war

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A Friend

Life in the Badlands 
Were the free roaming bandits lie 
Only on this desolate land 
Can true friends be made
Not people that
Call you friend
Yet runs to save themselves
Leaving your life as pay
Those friends you find at every turn 
But here in the badlands 
Are were true friends lie
Friends that share your tears
And laugh when you laugh
There are always friends 
That will leave you alone in the dark
And friends that 
Will hold your hand 
Through the perils you face 
Even though 
They need not place 
There life in danger
Life in the Badlands
A friend you have 
But a friend that bleeds for you 
Is better
Life in the Badlands  
Were free roaming friends lie

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Pain

Through the seemingly 
Endless pain 
Those that died
On that horrible field
Return in mind to 
Times left behind
To times of conflict 
and times of play
while there laughter
echoes into the cerulean sky