The Bastard of Time

[Falcon2001]

Dressed in red, with eyes of frost

His weapons steel and sharp

His disposition cold and lost

He wanders alone throughout time

He fought along with good King Arthur

And settled ties with Genghis Kahn

He's blasted men with deadly light

And seen the passing of eons to come

He stood upon the battlefield

And gazed at the carnage all 'round

And then he smiled with sleepy eyes

And walked on toward the town

He's killed more men than any man alive

And saved more lives too

 

Colder than an ice floe

Smooth as any rhyme

The hated man of heaven

The Bastard of Time

 

His sword's a bastion of unending life

And his clothes are red with blood

His friends are none but war and strife

And his only home, the mud

He'll keep fighting until he can no more

For that's the way he lives

His life it yields to no deadly threat

And only god does he revere

He protects the needy and helps the poor

Saving the worthless and downtrodden

His fear is naught for he is sere

A fearful man with eyes of frost

An edged glacier is all that's left

Of what used to be his heart

 

He's the one that time forgot

The deathless man that God brought

A husk, a shell, a sunken rime

The worthless wasted Bastard of Time

 

His tale is fierce and full of shame

He has a grasp of nothing real

He lives in eternity of darkened fear

Nothing less, a broken seal

So fear the man with eyes of frost

A sword of light, and clothes of blood

For he'll bring your soul to eternal loss

And show you to the other side

 

The fallen angel, the angel of death

A man who's job is certainly bereft

Of love and virtue, kindness and pain

The Bastard of Time, the hell's own gain.

 

 

Cioden Darkeye

 

 

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[Gyrfalcon]

Hmm... fairly good poem, Falcon. Actually, the 'Bastard of Time' reminds me of a series of books I've seen before: Casca, the Eternal Mercenary.

 

Basically, he was the Roman legionaire who stabbed Christ in the side. In return (repayment?), Christ made Casca immortal until they should meet again. No matter what happens to him, Casca can't die. And since all he's really known is fighting, he goes around killing people, fighting in every major war. Basically, it was a vehicle for the author to write battle stories anywhere in history, but this reminded me of the character.

[Annael]

Like Gyr, this poem reminds me something, infact, it's the movie Dracula 2000.

 

In it Dracula is actually Judas, hence the hatred of silver. His curse, to live forever for betraying the life of his god...

 

I like the poem, a lot of imagery, well written. And enjoyable read.

[Guest Xradion]

        I enjoyed the poem a lot. Sounds to me like a commentary on the endless wars of man, as well as an excellent fable-poem. You did, however, leave me wondering: If this man is the Bastard child of Time, then who is Time's mistress-and perhaps more importantly, who is Time's wife? Perhaps humanity itself is the Bastard of Time, the one species that mass-murders it's own kind. Then again, I'm probably tring to over-analyze this. Besides, that last comment of mind is a pretty depressing thought, so I think I'll stop now.

 

 

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