" LONE WARRIOR OF THE WAY "

Beneath the smoke hanging in the night, just outside of town, he waits
Laughing at the terrible burden of his destiny
Laughing, as a young man laughs
Like an ignorant fighter laughs, who has never lost a battle, he smiles
A knowing smile, for he is bragging not laughing, he sits and anticipates
For in his pulse and just beneath his ribs, beats the heart of the people
That have begged him in his childhood's nakedness, to walk this path
And he embraces it, he tastes it, he knows that his time has come
The laughter is over and the battle has begun
He can no longer hold his tongue
He has become
The loner,
The ghost, coming for the evil of the city
God's words rolling like thunder through his mind
And he can recall every line
From the booming voice in the sky...

"Take up thy mighty sword young man, smite down all with evil intent
Entering, do as I would have you do, (speak of thy Lord God)
And when the laughter begins again, your sword shall be my sword
And it shall be their end!"

Just outside of town, a revolution begins, as a Lone Warrior of God
Begins to wind his way, through burning buildings and rotting flesh
"The Word" in one hand, his mighty sword poised in the other
He begins to sing a hymn, to let the evildoers know,
He's more than just a man, he's hope, and faith, and death
Come to town, upon an optimistic wind
The time of Satan worshipers, and all of their decadence and destruction
Is coming to an end, and it's not the sword he carries
But it's in the other hand
"The Word" has come-a-calling to men who'd let him in
"The Word" like a phoenix, rising from decaying ash
"The Word" has brought a warrior
To carve out his new throne
And as the light changes
Night time into day
Somewhere in the distance
The Heavens hear him say
"Thank thee Oh Lord,
I did not use my sword today,
For I have found
The Way"......

Tony Taylor   (Chicago)