The luster of blood just seems to sparkle
in the twilight's eerie calm. The vacant stare
defines its own brutality,
desensitized to all it would have seen.
The twilight's eerie calm continues on,
a fire adds its flicker to the man,
the morning chill intensifies the dawn
and colder still: the thought of metal's gleam.
The vacant stare is all that's left of me:
The glint of steel excites the inner fire,
yet cannot seem to reach the face or limbs:
The stone without is all that may be seen.
Anticipation dances in the fire
as the time for action closes every step
Fear dances with it till the time to stand
takes everything but instinct from the dream.