Brothers in arms
How did it come to this?
A prophecy to bring hope
Misled it did, designed to deceive
No matter now
The notion, the attempt
To talk down this volatile scenario
Just too late, soured by lies
By greed, by anger
By a lust for power
And so it begins
A sudden violent movement
Against an equally skilled opponent
A falling Avalanche
Into a barrier of blades
A duel to the death
One from light
The other in darkness
But from who’s perspective
A Tyrants trick on a lost soul
Dancing in lethal partnership
Their blades cracked and hissed
With every clash made
A Flash with every brutal encounter
And then locked face to face
Partnered in some macabre dance
They pirouette, somersault
Vault around each other
Each avoiding the lethal sabers
Trying to counter their opponent’s next move
Adrenaline Surges through their veins
No more the sparring partners of old
These titans of the force
Of light and dark unbalanced
Each now committed to a lost cause
They battle on at fever pitch
With such severity and malice
Such pain, suffering and remorse
Neither can retreat now
Each with a different purpose
Attack after counter attack
The battle rages on
Parry, Lunge, Swing, Block
Florescent lines are drawn
On a darkened stage
Like some Shakespearean tragedy
There is no hope of redemption
A conclusion has to be enacted
Until that final curtain falls
On a decided, fateful outcome
The Titan’s square up one last time
One with the advantage
While the other blinded by arrogance
Takes the chance
Only to fall by the hand of his brother
Falling from the sickening flash
As a lightsaber cuts through flesh and bone
Dismembering and cauterizing
What’s left of its victim’s limbs
It is done
The death of a Jedi
The birth of a sith
But who is really who
Brothers no more
How did it come to this?
Copyright © JRFC January 2019 The image is readily available in various places on the internet and believed to be in the public domain. I hope no one minds.
