A night so dark, stars cast my shadow upon the ground The lights of civilization have been extinguished Flares now compete with our memory of the sun Searchlights dance as fire illuminates Emblazoned with courage amid abject fear Silhouetted across the sky Who can sit by? Mailed fist now outstretched Grasps at dominion Chosen, inviolable, predatory The difference lies soaked in blood Perish the carrion A familiar dream of perpetual peace History written in sand A windswept shore full of revisions Due the tide And if I have slaughtered an angel May the earth rest lightly upon my valiant enemy Or cast him to Hell from whence he came My nom de guerre – I care not