A DANCE WITH DEATH
"wake up"
"Please, you need to wake up"
Slowly curtains of confusion, lifted from his mind;
His fingers curled around the hilt of his sword,
His weary eyes opened, with a blurry sight.
Covered with blood and ashes, he rose to his feet;
In that sullen silence, he could hear his heart, beating;
Tightening his grip, he brought his sword forward;
Clank!! His sword clashed with another.
He rammed his sword into it's chest;
But it faded away into thin air, like a shadow.
Another sword came from behind, tore open his flesh;
With a painful groan , he swirled his sword.
"Surrender to me, I will end all your pain and sufferings";
" I offer eternal peace, your time has come"
" Not yet" he breathed, with a battle cry he lunged forward;
Slashing the shadows, he made his way.
He jumped into the air and with a mighty swing
He brought his sword down, at that eerie voice;
His sword shattered, into thousand of pieces.
" You can't win, surrender".
" Not today " he dodged the strikes of swords;
With his bare hands, he fought;
Swords pierced into his body, but he kept fighting;
After sometime, it was all over, silence reclaimed the air.
Exhausted , his knees kissed the ground;
He kept one hand on his abdomen, to stop the blood .
She was sitting there, he saw with his blurry vision.
Using one hand, he crawled towards her.
" Bravely you fought Dear, they are all dead"
He looked around and saw corpses lying on the ground;
" And now you are safe, you need to rest "
Meeting her eyes he asked " Is she okay?"
Caressing him she said "yes, she is okay"
With a smile , he closed his eyes.
And that was it,
LOVE laying his head on her lap.
