The Gathering

As I watched from the towers
A valley opened up with a scream
On the threshold below came an army
Counselled in all the ways of war
We are here before you
We are here as men
To take hold of possessions and praise the severed head
Show heed to your wives and your children
And open up for all will soon be dead
Oh God of war and of fear don’t leave me
Please help me through this troubled time
Just give me power and give me strength
Walk before me
And give me honour in the fighting line
The sheep have all been slaughtered
Prophets signalling this side
It has begun
All at once there was shouting
To my left I saw a friend of mine
We are here before them, we are here as men
So fight and crush the enemy
And claim the bastard’s head
I raise my shield to stop their arrows
But a spear enters flesh above my thigh
Oh God of war and of fear don’t leave me