...The Western Chronicles - If I should die tomorrow

If time should cease at midnight

If my blood freezes in its path

Know that at least I planned…had dreams and ambitions

To master the earth and fly the skies

To win hearts with woven words

That I would’ve loved to learn Spanish

To play the guitar and sing melodies

To inspire the cold and lead by example

If the sun should set at noon

If my strength completely fails me

Know that your words meant a lot

That I wouldn’t have kept up this charade for this long

You’re every action steering me away from this eventuality

My soul…still in hope of salvation

My body, shielded from depravation

The many dreams held together by my existence

Hopefully might still be fighting the strength of the wind from the North

If daybreak should never come

If my eyes remain shut in an endless slumber

Know that at least I tried

A pure love I constantly offered

The paradoxical contradiction of man completely eluding my comprehension

But not the chaos surrounding his mystical beliefs

My every action twisted for a mortal interpretation

My love, slowly painted till its face completely lost its allure

My immortality shredded

Condescending to the realms of man

In loss….my supreme nature dissipated

If darkness should overrun the morning sun

If my limbs fall into the perfect death stance

Know that I got tired of losing

Of keeping up this drama….of lying in wait

The wickedness and selfishness of man

A sure poisoned dart to forever drain my life

The lies, the deception…so glaring in my eyes…

Boring me to an eternal slumber

My failures pitting my soul with a burden beyond its yoke

My dreams, my desires…finally escaping me

My mind broken…my sword missing…my armor rattled

My breath failing….

My heart……my heart….

Its beat, slowing down…

Hurting with every swell

Till in a lasting embrace

Eternity now my only escape

© Nd Obi