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I have been given flaming bladeTo pierce night and fight with shade,And it is glowing with that fireThe source of which is my desire.

It has seen war, it knows of peace,It chopped heads, it burned grease,And it executed swift death,For some it's curse, for others bless.

It has severed diseased limbs,It has exposed others’ sins,It was a torch for ones in dark,Cut out exit to those stuck.

It settled disputes in the world,It used to touch the right heart's chord,Its clang alone can make heart brave,And it is lost for those who rave.

It is engulfed in the flameAnd thus can make its wielder lame,It brings uncommon sort of fameWhich clears heart and grants no shame.

Yes, I can feel its heat in hands …This blade has traveled many landsAnd many battles it has seen,Those armed with it destined to win.

It's a reflection of a Word,

Which always touches rightist chordAnd purifies its victim's heart …Eternal justice, friend and guard.

03.12.2009

Heart

When one is set in own pathHe will escape all crowd's mass,And will be ready for the fightWith own demons of the blight.

He will prevail after all,But pay a costly, dire toll,That toll will be his former life …He shall destroy it in the strife.

The flame of heart may break one's night,The flame of heart destroys the blight,The flame of heart is endless fire,The flame of heart is your desire.

My word is blade and song is shield,And I'm still fighting on the fieldIn some eternal, endless war …That fight is fierce - but what for?

I cannot flee, I cannot run,My armor glistens under sun,And blood now feeds the earth below …I am, like others, one in row.

My throat is dry, my thoughts all spin,

And hope to end the fight is thin,It won't extinguish by itself -For I am fighting with myself.

My mind is helmet for the head,My heart is armor in the red,And as the drops of blood now burnThat heart is ready for its turn.

My heart is afire, engulfed in flame,My heart is afire - and yet just the same,My heart is afire wherever I go,My heart is afire - and let it be so.

10.05.2009

Man Of Many Names