You cannot halt
What cannot wait
You cannot fail to
Comprehend and
Accept your fate
Embrace the inner
Shed what is
Superfluous
And ungainly
Like an old skin slough off
Oh weary sinner
Oh beautiful dancer
Dance along the battle lines
Dodge well the weapons arranged against thee
And suffer not the serrated barbs
Subtly bend and twist and thrust
Between the points and through the gaps
Strike then while you can and when
The moment presents
The salvating blow
Redeeming faith
In justice or revenge
My strayborn thief
My heartburned killer
You cannot stop
What's motion forced
You cannot falter
Or alter course
Accept the design
Of what's been done
Avoiding perils sure to come
Go quickly now in thought and deed
The hunters to come relentlessly
Take my love along with thee
Oh lusty friend
Of my erstwhile heart
By: Daniel Smallegange
