How Brave We Were

I am loyal after all

I heed your commands

The last of my courage

Cupped in my hands

Drips between my fingers

Onto the sands

I kneel before you

Facing your demands

Begging you listen

no one understands

Straddling your hope

Into battle you ride

Cautious, uncertain

I follow behind

A fistful of power

Heart preening with pride

I wonder

Can one alone change the tide

No matter what happens

I’ll be by your side

Watching

Warning

Eyes never closing

Dodging

Soaring

Only supposing

I’ll tell them how brave we were

Gripping the wheel that turned the world