The Sentinel

Quietly waiting, watching
Seeking the command to go out.
Destruction all around
still
He waits for his orders.
A cry goes out.
Someone falls.
He cannot go to the rescue
still
He waits and watches, helplessly
As the world crumbles to his feet.

All is gone, all is destroyed, all is killed
except
A granite statue, standing
Amidst the battleground
Off death and destruction
That we created.