The Battle For Hope

The horizon was burning red, as if set ablaze,
By the sinking sun. The earth reddened by the
Spilling blood.Here stood the disheveled army
Eyes popped out in horror, chill running down the spine
So they stood drawing forth their swords. Hard it
Was to contemplate what had passed them, and
Harder yet to summon courage against, the
Formidable foe; crushing and trampling its way through.

The day was nearing its end and so was,
The battle. The foe was formidable and, the hope
Had long left. Yet among their eye sparkled the effrontery
Growing from the determination deep under the heart, against
The stark reality. The result being only, but obvious
For it was not the first time it had come to pass

~ by solitaryarcher on February 8, 2007.