My Service To The King

I never lost purpose

I was devoted and true

But I am tired

I obeyed every command

With distant memories

Of a young man’s dreams

With a constant awareness

Of the need for purity

I did not partake

In pleasures of the flesh

And I have grown weary

And old

With long lost desires

For complete victory

My quest is over

A knight in a lawless land

I am the last of my kind

A remnant of a fallen era

My world survives

But I surrender

My life has reached an end

My flesh is broken

Without hope I cannot endure

My being is worn

Je suis fini

My body will never mend

I cannot exist this way

And I shall pass

Into the grey

For my flesh is weak

My mind is tortured

My spirit is bound in pain

I am a tapestry in tatters

There is no future

For me

But I do trust

And I do believe

In the mission

I performed

And for those who remain

Will thrive

For the High King is worthy

And he shows mercy

To all who ask

I have served

And I am finished

But I was blessed

To perform the task

To live for the King

When nothing else mattered

I have his blessing

And his thanks

For a job well done