Black Arrow

From the mighty crimson sky
A pointed rain begins to fly
A thousand arrows pierce the air
Through clouds of pain and deep despair

A tale begins to now unfold
In bloody dust, the truth is told
In memory of those long gone
Their legacy is marching on

The bloodshed carved its brutal mark
Upon the halberd, fierce and dark
A war defined by evil’s hand
By fear and fire across the land

The chest became a battered shield
The rage of people was revealed
A lifeless body left behind
On fields where death and fate aligned

And the black arrow split the sky
Descending fast, its aim to die
To steal a soul that once had breath
To turn all courage into death

Its sharpened tips held poison deep
Into the minds it dared to creep
It pierced the thoughts of broken men
Who'd never see their homes again

From this cruel world they now depart
Their souls released, their final start
They sail upon death’s silent tide
Where fate and luck no more abide

And the black arrow split the sky
Descending fast, its aim to die
To steal a soul that once had breath
To turn all courage into death

The iron burns within the chest
It makes the heart forget its rest
All that remains: A soldier's end
The silence no one dares to mend