Pliable Foe

Carried down yet another ghostly road
Of a life already lived and faded
Passing yet another broken man
His life in burning iron wrought
His voice is the thoughtless wake of others
A damaged life
Beating blackened earth
As great
Dedicate
The face’s gone
We who are in its grace
The other rises, shining in his violence
His annihilation is my aim
No blood is spilled
Only smiles from his lips
Twist his arm back at me Time is made at odds
Pushing me Extending me To go toe-to-toe in this race
Crush away my will
Our world is bound in two
A shadow escapes ahead
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The struggle in our words