Death Upon A Bridge

I am death upon a bridge

I watch as you rise above the ridge

With your sword of strength and your shield of courage

Yet to me you can do no damage

Countless battlefields I have crossed

I know the faces of those you have lost

Yet still you towards me you march

Looking very much ready to fight

You will not win

Though try as you might

I have brought down the strong, the terse and the brave

The righteous and the magnanimous fell before me slain

I have brought down the noble, the valiant, the just

For even the greatest of men must someday turn to dust

Why not just embrace me?

As you would a gentle friend

For death may be another beginning

And not just some bittersweet end

If you wish to live on, prepare a legacy then

Leave great deeds to be learned and emulated, so you might live on in other men

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