His axe was greeted with a groan as it touched flesh
Like a flash it quickly disappeared into the skull of another
And in less than five minutes seven enemy soldiers laid dead at the generals feet
He squinted his blood stained eyes
Observing the battlefield
They were still outnumbered five men to one
A shout came from the enemy's camp
Reinforcements just arrived
The shout multiplied rapidly and as morale grew in one side
It decreased in the other
His warrior senses told him that this was it;
the end
He smiled and slowly the smile grew too big for his lips to carry
And in no time he was laughing
Yes this was it; the end
But it was just the beginning of the end
He shouted like an injured beast
Startling his subordinates
They looked at his face and read the sentences that were written
Their shouts were evidence that they understood
The shouts like a virus infested all the soldiers
And so did the last stanza of the last song begin
Two suns have risen and fell since
His army was down in both numbers and stamina
And yet they fought on
The sixth spear struck him
The spear bearer like those before him
was on the ground before the blood stained spittle that left the generals mouth
He killed five others before falling to his knees
He remembered in those final moments; his life
His son at home with his mother and his wife
He smiled his last even as he began his descent to the dust
He was never to make it there however
As strong hands caught him
Reinforcements had arrived
#ANSAPOETOFTHEWEEKCONTEST
#Anene Ebubechukwu Anthony