Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Day Of Reckoning



Hanging still and silent

Motionless in the void

A vast armada lurks

Preparing for a war

Unseen, unsensed, unnoticed,

Until it is too late

The fleet begins its fatal run,

A day that has long been awaited

This is the day of reckoning

When armaments and skill are matched

This is the day of reckoning

A plan long ago hatched in the minds of madmen hellbent on domination

This is the day of reckoning

A day full of destruction

The darkness flashes with sudden light,

The first barrage let loose

the victim fleet caught unawares

Their defenses are of no use

Decimated, they regroup

To launch a counterattack

A thousand lazy, careless years

Their discipline grown too lax

And

This is the day of reckoning

When armaments and skill are matched

This is the day of reckoning

A plan long ago hatched in the minds of madmen hellbent on domination

This is the day of reckoning

A day full of destruction

Fire flashes in the endless night

Each burst a dozen lives

Eternal screams in an eternal void

Cutting him like knives

He arrives, leaps to the fray

His craft nimble and quick

Racing past flash-frozen corpses

The carnage makes him sick

But he swallows his misgivings

Sometimes you have to kill

In defense of friends and family

Oppressed beyond their will

Because

This is the day of reckoning

When armaments and skill are matched

This is the day of reckoning

A plan long ago hatched in the minds of madmen hellbent on domination

This is the day of reckoning

A day full of destruction

His arrival turns the tide

Victims become victors through his fire

The oppressor Navy, near destruction

Of the battle begins to tire

So they retreat to whence they came

Nursing a diminished fleet

Back to the dark corners of the galaxy

Defeat, a tang in the mouth bittersweet

This is the day of reckoning

When armaments and skill are matched

This is the day of reckoning

A plan long ago hatched in the minds of madmen hellbent on domination

This is the day of reckoning

A day full of destruction

This is the day of Reckoning

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