We Fought Together.

We fought together once

At the pass of Thermopyle,

We had no rank and file

An invisible army we were,

Opposing any foe that marched against

Our wall of courage and resolve..

We fought together once with great Achilles

In the boundless plains of Troy

We were together when the firefighters scaled

The Twin Towers,

Isengard and Barad-Dur

And the wall of ancient battlements

Against the wisdom of a nymph who was my mother.

Juxtaposed we were together

At the battle of Jericho

And had all the faith that brings down walls

But the blow of a trumpet had me all but  broken.

Where is all gone now? The hope

The trust, the courage

To wake up in the morning and face up

To another day.

Your phone calls do not ease

The notions of past misery

So that with all the gloom of wintry nights

I sing alone this lonely song

In the corner of old triumphs

Echoing the chasm within

The sorrow

And the depth

Of an empty universe without.

Alfred Grech

18/01/2003