Then The Drums Of War Fell Silent

Alone I stood, a great host opposed

Grey demons gaining ground

My battle worn-armor dented and damaged

Neither strength not courage left to be found

Broken and tired, fighting ‘neath skies of tar and pitch

Waist deep in mud and frozen wind feeling

The enemies drums approached and doom was sure

As I lost sight of all that is good and pure

Then the drums of war fell silent

Giving way to a magical tune

A silver flute rising above the chaos

Hope in my heart then bloomed

My eyes, I forced them open

To see an angel in the sky

Her wings exuding beauty

And light following behind

She spoke and silenced the wind

She turned and banished the foe

She lifted me from mud and death

Armour no longer needed, she cast it aside

“I am but a coward” to her I cried

She turned to me once more

“Your strength, your courage never left you”

I wondered how could this be

“‘Twas hope you lost, nothing more.”

With but a glance and a word

She’d returned that to me