Invictus

I was brought into existence
By thought, by breath, by will
To be the shining, stalwart guardian
Whose sword would never fail

I was brought into existence
And learned later you were the same
But until that fateful battle
I never came to know your name

Sacrifice, splendor, brilliant soul
From her desire, I was born
Avalon, Avalon, that fleeting dream
Tell me what my existence means

Battle, death cries, smoke, and flame
I saw you first standing in blood rain
Metal, violence, souls doom to fall
You came to my side when I called

And I saw in you a brilliant fighter
Piercing as the moon’s silver beams
And the world could not stand before us
When we were allied as a team

But even in the heat of battle, I saw
The hatred burning in your eyes
The fury not even an emotionless mask
Or veil could ever hope to hide

Shadows, whispers, fate that binds
I saw you before you struck from behind
Your fury, your resign, your agony
Will forever be engraved in my memory

Silence, confession, words bitter with hate
As you spoke to me the unfairness of your fate
“She created me, but she never loved nor cared,
“I’m just a tool to be discarded, when I failed.”

But your legacy won’t be forgotten
I’ll deliver justice to your grave
So that even in the future
They will remember the sound of your name

That you were the bravest of the fighters
Who fought that bloody war that day
For even forced to walk back alleys
You never once truly lost your way

Your legacy won’t be forgotten, I swear
For we were different, yet the same
So rest easy now, I pray for your soul
To sleep in a silence devoid of pain.