“I don’t know what is it,’ answered Fiver wretchedly. ‘There isn’t any danger here, at this moment. But it’s coming—it’s coming. Oh, Hazel, look! The field! It’s covered with blood!”
(Richard Adams, Watership Down, Ch. 1)
Across the wall, red-blue coat he’s standing tall—across the wall.
The sky grows dark, a hurried sun completes its arc—sky grows dark
I feel we’ve met, his back to me a silhouette—I feel we’ve met.
Knife in hand, he turns my way reveals his plan—knife in hand.
“Where can I go?” he mutters soft, clearing his throat—“where can I go?”
I bow my knee: I know this dream, he’ll come for me—I bow my knee
And step by step I hear his stride he’s coming yet—step by step
I’ll pay my debts; among my sins, worry and fret—I’ll pay my debts
I take a breath; am soon betrayed by my pounding chest—I take a breath
And at the wall, he stops he waits for night to fall—at the wall
And through the wall, he takes a step I see it all—through the wall
And like a child, I cry out loud, so weak so wild—like a child
Those bright blue eyes; a face like wax his hands like ice—bright blue eyes
At the wall, he takes my life my strength my all—at the wall
Who are we men that we might take a man against the wall?
How will I fight this terror I feel inside?
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