Reluctant soldier!

How far a thousand feet can seem, almost as an eternity The hordes of vengeance coming ever nearer My feet feels like stone, yet set in motion hard to stop I here their cries, their wish for blood, my blood Peacekeepers, Peacekeepers everywhere

The air grows thick with smoke and fire I hear my friends fall and cry out in despair This is not how my life should have been Visions I had of grandeur and prosperity But now only lost in the Scarran hierarchy

My hands fumble, and without dexterity As a Sebecean blade pierce my eye The pain is nothing I have ever felt, the pain of losing my family.

Then there was only darkness.......

Roland (Scaper Swede) 2003-07-24