Am I to be summoned

Am I to be summoned

Do I hear the call

Will it come as I awake

Or will it come at all

There is no winding staircase

That I can see

But the way ahead is always steep

The battle to keep my feet

Ever harder

The clash of steel

Invisible forces

Fighting for the higher ground,

Even here

There is disharmony.

Too many people bent on destruction

Every vestige of tranquillity set aside

For what purpose

Other than to delay

The inevitable

We walk the same path

Wend our way

Across broken stones

Muddied fields run red

Will all the dead

Be accounted for

In the rush to close the book

Before completion

The stars, called as witness

To the beginning

As much as they are present

At the end.