Spoken to One Without Purpose

“Spoken to One Without Purpose”

What earthly good a retired hero?

He that is satisfied with second place…

A warrior that forsakes his keen sword?

He that fears and hides from eternity...

An actor as the last curtain, it falls?

A total failure of one’s remembrance...

Neither can a noble quest rest unconquer’d,

Or a promised word mend once it’s broken,

Nor a war commence without just, true cause,

Would stars shine, should the night sky not darken?!

The work ready, what use a stage unlit?

Its emptiness a lonely emotion…

Be a follower without loyalty?

Living with a cold, waning devotion...

Nowhere goes a leader lacking duty,

A road of tragic cowardice, endless,

And sad defeat to forever follow…

Would one be able of standing alone?!?!

Call out! But the echo remains hollow…

For a man who would live without honor,

Would become a man who’d die without grace.

-- J.R.H.