Here follows a song for a book that is really on my heart to write. I'm not going to reveal details, hehehe, but I hope you enjoy the song, something a character sings before a great final battle.
The cover photography was taken by my sister, Emma, across the road from where we live, and I edited it with a program called Corel.
Smoke and ashes,
Broken glasses,
Scatter the
floor.
Feral gashes,
Lightning
flashes,
Rain starts to
pour.
Waiting,
wondering,
Outside:
thundering…
What are we
fighting for?
Wandering,
blundering,
As a shunned
thing…
Take away the
war!
But dawn will rise
‘pon blood-red skies,
Oh, the World is dark.
If I have one prayer,
I will swear
That none shall crush my heart.
For far too
long
Has this great
wrong
Beaten back the
light.
Sing a hope
song,
Both pure and
strong,
To turn back
the night.
Cling to your
faith,
Flee the dark
wraiths,
Hold your
children tight…
Wipe your
stained face,
Take up your
mace,
Now we stand
and fight!
But dawn will rise
‘pon blood-red skies,
Oh, the World is dark.
If I have one prayer,
I will swear
That none shall crush my heart.
Thousands shall
fall,
Hundreds give
all,
To defend
what’s good.
‘Tis a grave
call:
Form a steel
wall,
Join in
brotherhood.
Fight for
freedom,
For your
kingdom,
Remember how it
stood.
In the
sunlight,
Pure, gold
sunlight,
As again it
should…
And dawn will rise
‘pon blood-red skies,
Oh, the World is dark.
Hear my one prayer,
My last prayer,
That none shall crush my heart.
Copyright Hannah Scarlett 2013
