.
They say I came here to be a great warrior
But that is not true
I was born
And this is what I am
.
I’ve fought in countless battles
Killed everyone I’ve come across
Crushed windpipes with the edge of my shield
Thrust my spear through enemy armor
Smashed skulls with my fists
But my weapon of glory is my sword
Like an extension of me
It is my iron arm
There is no separation
It swings as me
We flow as one
.
How many countless wives I have left without a husband
Fathers to bury their sons
Children to grow up fatherless
All once babies with wide-open eyes
Whose last vision before they closed for the last time
Was of me
The Angel of Death
.
And while I have seen more than my share of tears
From family and friends of those I’ve slain
Never once did a tear shed from my own eyes
The only liquid that I have felt on my cheek
Is the blood of the dead
.
When the madness of battle overcomes me
My own blood courses through my veins
Fills my head with fury
Makes everything seem like a dream
Where I can do no wrong
Feel a silence in the maelstrom
A taste of peace in a lifetime of war
Where I am dead to the world
But have never felt so alive
Until I wake up
And am standing in the field of carnage
That I have created
.
Sometimes I wonder
What it would be like
To live like a man with no name
No legend
No sword
To have a wife
A child
To create something other than death
.
But this is all I know
My Code is service
To which king is irrelevant
I serve the God of War
I am his vehicle
And through me he does his carnage
This is the only time I feel one with the gods
Immortal
When I am slaughtering everything others hold dear
.
This is my life’s honor
All the hurt is not what I wanted
It is just a byproduct of serving the Code