I knew that once but lost it

Struggling with each day's events, I forget
Each day when I begin, I face a blank page
With no prompts from others, I'm emptied
Unimportant thoughts announce themselves
The important thoughts are hiding, silenced
I'm tired and drained, I despair in darkness
All the while my important memories flee 
Untamed, just like children upon caffeine
With no particular patterns, but far away
I'm left wondering, what have I done 
To deserve this end of life and dreams
No, now I'm present but still gone

As a Warrior I serve

The days of hope, seem to be measured differently than others
Without hope, a spirit is aimless, without focus and smothered
To have hope is a weapon defeats the enemy and circumstance
For coincidence and malice, either slay by purpose and chance
A world now watches and witness to an example you've become
Your words and flesh as warrior, draw the line beyond oblivion
Your wisdom guides you into battle, and then wars will be won
By your hand, by your heart and by your desire to serve the one

Some may Judge

I've been told that Vikings were evil
That they slayed innocents in attacks
Burning down villages for their pleasure
Spreading their brand of malice, mayhem
Without purpose but to kill and steal
But those people do not understand
That they raided, explored, discovered
Because they were amazing, driven
Having grown more mouths to feed
Trade would help but forced to fight
Growing numbers in a marginal land
Meant instead they'd die, a cruel fate
Unless you can travel through time
Convincing the Vikings to migrate
There is no honor judging the past
As nothing was the same, nor easy
Vikings aren't the only false subject
Being judged by knowledge of now
Instead of the easy answers of today
A generation 300 years away will say
How dare we, now, have done it all 
We'll be accused of not knowing
Not having trusted the correct source
Or by way of morals, be chastised
Not knowing the difference between
Being forced to act in the moment
Or having the leisure time to decide
From years of sacrifice or disaster
All those deaths by others
Learning so we may not
Ourselves do the same