The Blood & The Bones

he would tell me
not to worry
as we waited each time
that when the call came
and the wings
flew over the water
he left the man behind
paused and poised
on the righter side
of humanity
and he settled in
reveling in the thoughts
of what was to come
embracing the warrior
like a long lost friend
and in this departure
this divide
this means to an end
he would survive

the blood
& the bones