Vigilance once tempered in solitude-- <br />Brazen honed in strife-- <br />Casualties of demonic spawns--- <br />Slice bitter with the knife; <br /> <br />Courting most bitter favor... <br />In twilights very last hurrah... <br />Glimpses of the dusks arrival- <br />With open wounds that are raw; <br /> <br />Salt is poured in liberally... <br />As the blood flows ever free... <br />Consequences of impending death... <br />Shall echo throughout all eternity! <br /> <br /> <br />Underneath The Umbrella <br />1974-2010<br /><br />Theodora (Theo) Onken<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/casualties-3/