I dedicate this poem to Obi, a wise man indeed!
The Cavalryman
In the trenches of mind warfare we toil.
Separated from our kin
Ill equipped and cold
Sodden in self-pity
We fight alone
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Fear our saviour and our prison keeper
Failure pounds its contemptuous shells
Lighting the sky with deaths calling
Sharp shards of despair scream all around
Cowering we crouch in our hovel of self-destruction
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All our courage we must muster
Drag our weary mind over the edge
Chance our luck, charge only forward
But guilt’s razor wired barbs will snare
And a hail of hatred and anger might cut us down
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In the depths of paralysis a bugler sounds!
Sharp and clear the reveille calls.
Hopes hooves thunder from above.
For barely a blink fears loosens its grip.
Our instinctive response
GO NOW! Risk all!
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Out of self-destruction we crawl
Feeble excuses our bayonet drawn.
Stomach churned battle cry forced.
Willing ourselves to fight
Expecting to die.
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The Cavalryman rides forth
His battle cry loud and true
Live for today and fight for your dreams!
His call taken up by a hundred voices
And the bellowing of wildly excited nostril flared horses
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My horseman rode alongside his brothers
And as I rose out I was stunned by the others
A thousand foot soldiers stand tall and erect
Voices loud and direct.
We fight for today and all of our dreams.
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You and I were never really alone
Just isolated by a mutual fear
My friend let us join the soldiers of fortune
Charge with me into future’s mist
And as we run we will search out others trenches
‘Come live for today and fight for your dreams!’
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The Cavalryman’s call will binds us one and all.
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