Cold

Comforting limbs embrace me as I step out
Returning before the battle has been fought
Slipping off of me as I breath in broken frost
Beginning of lonely battles destined to be lost

We gather our wounded before the horns boom
A rallying cry to our enemies coming doom
Our dead are buried our injured are bandaged
All retreating is over we find our one advantage

Nothing to lose and nothing left to gain here
Hollow peace dropping burdens and our fear
You have wounded me, chipped away it all
Until there is nothing left of me to withdraw

Nothing left but the resolve of emptiness
Now you will see what is left in our depths
Without any hesitation we are upon you
Like a force of nature we are only a few

You are many but you do not understand
Lacking comprehension of where we stand
We have been whittled down to nothing
Nothing but the blades who lash out to sting

We are both more and less than man
Stripped down to the beast within

You took away our families and we dropped our provisions in our haste
You took away our pride and we dropped our armor
You took away our dignity and we dropped out cloaks beneath
You took away our hope to survive and we dropped our shields
You took away our wanting to live through this and our helms fell to the ground

You gave us this rage and our fist tightens
You gave us humbleness and we stand vulnerable, yet swift
You gave us this humility and we stand naked in the sun
You gave us the power of emptiness and what a gift. It burns with power in our bellies. Threatening to devour us however. However YOU will be swallowed with us into those unholy chasms. Come dance with us and DESPAIR!
You released us from the chains of fear. And our blades flash brillantly in the sun. Naked like us of nothing but resolute solemn death.

Our gift to you will be peace. Absolute and total peace.

Forever.