Is This Death I Fear? (Original poem/lyrics) - By SJones

Bloody battlefields, neath shield I lay,

Battered, broken, my faith led astray,

Is there anyone out there,

Can anyone hear my cries for help,

I'm alone and afraid to look,

Are my brothers all dead and gone,

Do my enemies still lurk near,

Is This Death I Fear,

Arrows snapped in two,

Dagger pierced through,

I'm bleeding out,

Please take me home,

I've lost the feeling in my legs,

My bones ache and I grow colder,

I'm tired but I cannot pass yet,

I will crawl through the mud and blood,

I must reach home, my family need my saving I fret,

Arrows snapped in two,

Dagger pierced through,

I'm bleeding out,

With blood pouring and my enemies lurking,

I am afraid for once in my life,

Is This Death I Fear,

I think of heaven and eternal life which awaits me,

St Peter will see me when I close my eyes,

The angels will sing and greet me with open arms,

The harm I feel will not exist, To think I won't hear my families cries,

By the high point of the sun is the sky, I pray the dark away,

Let the vultures circle round me, I'm not leaving this realm today,

I have lost more blood than I can count by now,

I grow hungry and thirsty, but I am still alive somehow,

The birds have pecked at me, and I am not on my feet,

I'm crawling and dragging myself to victory,

Thy enemies are hunting me, My brothers and their faces haunt me,

Is this the end or IS THIS DEATH I FEAR,

Arrows snapped in two,

Dagger pierced through,

I'm bleeding out,

With blood pouring and my enemies lurking,

I am afraid for once in my life,

Is This Death I Fear,

I see the fire and smoke ahead past the tree's,

Hoping inside that my family remembers me,

Arrow heads imbedded in me, broken pieces of chain and blood trail behind,

Are my enemies around me, is this delusion or are the voices really there to remind,

Faces are blurred, and I don't know what they are saying,

I feel light and weightless now as I feel I am carried,

Thank you for guiding me home lord, those are the last words I spoke,

Now there's a light, yet there also exists darkness,

Is this the afterlife, or is this death I fear?

Written by SJones

10/7/23 1am