Daybreak
So long have I bravely fought
To save my sons, my daughters
brothers and sisters
mothers and fathers
At last I am ready to rest
to end this unforgiving night, this wasteland of time and matter
But it is not to be...
Again I am called
Again I must fight
fight the traitors of the endless night
For with my father, I shall go
Too late, the toll has been taken
Brothers and sisters
sons and daughters
mothers and fathers
taken by the dayless void
Onward I must forge
a shepherd to these lost sheep
the last protection against the sinful goats
And so I forge on...on into night
I bear my scars with pride
They are the very signs of my devotion
my unyielding spirit
but they yet take their toll
my body aches with each step, crying out in futile prostest
My arm lies limp, my twin swords cut to one.
My sons dwindle in number, many daughters are no more
My fathers are swallowed by the cold void
My mothers lose their souls to the endless night
and so my soul weeps
My bones ache endlessly
My feet drag upon this unholy ground
and yet on I must forge
I must not lie down within this field of darkness
this land of death
of darkness
of pain
and so on I go...
One last fight
my bones cry their dire warning
My arm lies bloodied by my side
but I...must...fight...
Their numbers overwhelm me
White arrows pierce my flesh
my cries of pain echo into the soulless dark
But at last they stop
my strength has overcome
I fall upon the ground, unable to rise again
My legs betray my will, moving me naught
But I see the meadow just before me
I must go on.
With my hands I crawl forward
at last, I have reached it...
My time has surely come, my body aches as no other
So my brethren say their farewells
we prepare for one last journey through the night
But my father lingers, his eyes follow my scars with pride
and in his pride, I find my own
This hard man, a face of stone from which no tear can fall
When at last he goes, I see the sadness in his eyes
No matter how the others weep, I shall remember those eyes...
And so on we go, back into the ni-
Hold
A light shines forth
The mother of all things shines before me
Her smile greets my bludgeoned skin
And such it seems to heal
But on my face I can show no such thing
but my heart knows radiant joy
On I go into the light, the beauty overcomes me
Daybreak...has come
See you on the other side
So say we all
A/N: Meh, just something I came up with while hearing "Your Destiny is Coming" (awesome song, by the way). I just happened to notice how few poems there are about Galactica herself.
And for some reason, the freaking editing thing WILL NOT let me center this like I wanted to. It's been giving me a lot of trouble lately...
